Exam question 4 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

In respect of the procedure whereby a veterinarian is said to "put an animal to sleep", determine which description is correct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: description · What happens: say, put, determine, be, respect · To what, where: veterinarian, respect, animal, procedure · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 respect	case
2	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 procedure	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 procedure	det
5	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 respect	nmod
6	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	10 said	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 veterinarian	det
8	veterinarian	veterinarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 said	aux:pass
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	13 put	mark
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
13	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 animal	det
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 sleep	case
17	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 determine	punct
20	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 put	conj
21	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	22 description	det
22	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 correct	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 correct	cop
24	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 determine	ccomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		a veterinarian		respect of the procedure	whereby property	tree rules
2	put in a quote	to-infinitive			a animal		to sleep	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent animal=Goal
3	determine	infinitive						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	which description				correct property	tree rules
5	respect			the procedure				nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A very ill animal is assisted to die peacefully and without pain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 animal	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 ill	advmod
3	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animal	amod
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assisted	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 assisted	aux:pass
6	assisted	assist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 die	mark
8	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 assisted	xcomp
9	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	_	8 die	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 peacefully	cc
11	without	without	ADP	_	12 pain	case
12	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assist	present · passive		a ill animal					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	die	to-infinitive						without pain; peacefully property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

An animal is induced into prolonged slumber pending its recovery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 induced	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 induced	aux:pass
4	induced	induce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 slumber	case
6	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 slumber	amod
7	slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 induced	obl
8	pending	pend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 slumber	acl
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 recovery	nmod:poss
10	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	induce	present · passive		a animal	into prolonged slumber result	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient into slumber=Result
2	prolong	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	pend	gerund	prolonged slumber not said here	animal's recovery		tree rules
4	recover		animal			nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

An animal is surrendered to new owners at the family's request

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 surrendered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 surrendered	aux:pass
4	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 owners	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 owners	amod
7	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 surrendered	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	12 request	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 request	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 family	case
12	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 surrendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	present · passive		a animal	new owners	the family's request			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to owner=Recipient
2	request		the family						nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

An animal is relocated to a rural property for its retirement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 relocated	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 relocated	aux:pass
4	relocated	relocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 property	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 property	det
7	rural	rural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 property	amod
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 relocated	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 retirement	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 retirement	nmod:poss
11	retirement	retirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 property	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	present · passive		a animal				to a rural property for animal's retirement	tree rules
2	retire		animal						nom retirement «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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