Exam question 1 · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between grief and the passage of time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: time · What happens: follow, characteris, pass · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big questions» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 grief	case
12	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 passage	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 time	case
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 passage	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship and the passage of time	of the following statements; between grief; accurately property	tree rules
3	pass		time			nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

Grief observes no fixed timetable and may be renewed by places and dates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observes	nsubj
2	observes	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 timetable	det
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 timetable	amod
5	timetable	timetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 renewed	cc
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 renewed	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 renewed	aux:pass
9	renewed	renew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 observes	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 places	case
11	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 renewed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dates	cc
13	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 places	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	observe	present	Grief	no fixed timetable	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent timetable=Topic
2	fix	participle			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	renew	may · passive	places and dates		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Grief may be experienced solely upon the day of the bereavement and not thereafter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experienced	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 experienced	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 experienced	aux:pass
4	experienced	experience	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 experienced	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 experienced	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 bereavement	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bereavement	det
11	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 day	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thereafter	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 thereafter	advmod
14	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	4 experienced	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	experience	may · passive		Grief			day	solely property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

Grief ceases entirely upon the expiry of one calendar month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ceases	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 expiry	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 expiry	det
6	expiry	expiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 month	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 month	nummod
9	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 month	compound
10	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expiry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Grief					upon the expiry of one calendar month; entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Grief diminishes only where the bereaved refuses to discuss it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 diminishes	nsubj
2	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 refuses	advmod
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 refuses	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bereaved	det
6	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 refuses	nsubj
7	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 diminishes	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 discuss	mark
9	discuss	discuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 refuses	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 discuss	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	diminish	present	Grief		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	refuse	present	the bereaved		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not discuss speech: other	to-infinitive	the bereaved not said here	Grief	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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