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Exam question 2 · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

It is given that a child experiences sorrow concerning a relative whom he never met. Determine which statement is consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child experiences, he, you, statement · What happens: give, sorrow, concern, not meet, determine, be · To what, where: It, relative

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a child experiences sorrow concerning a relative whom he never met.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 sorrow	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 experiences	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 experiences	compound
7	experiences	experience	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sorrow	nsubj
8	sorrow	sorrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 sorrow	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 relative	det
11	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 met	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 met	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 met	advmod
15	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 relative	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sorrow	present	a child experiences						tree rules
3	concern	gerund	a child experiences not said here	a relative					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relative=Experiencer
4	not meet	past	he	a relative					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Co-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.

Sentence 2: Determine which statement is consistent with the established facts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consistent	cop
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Determine	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement					with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Grief is permissible solely in respect of persons well known

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 permissible	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 persons	case
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 respect	nmod
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 known	advmod
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 persons	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grief			respect of persons		permissible, solely property	tree rules
2	know	participle		persons not said here				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	respect			persons					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Grief in respect of unborn relatives is prohibited to children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 respect	case
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grief	nmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 relatives	case
5	unborn	unborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 relatives	amod
6	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 respect	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prohibited	aux:pass
8	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 children	case
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Grief in respect of unborn relatives				to children	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	respect			unborn relatives					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No rule restricts the persons entitled to grieve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restricts	nsubj
3	restricts	restrict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 persons	det
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 entitled	nsubj
6	entitled	entitle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 restricts	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 grieve	mark
8	grieve	grieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 entitled	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	present	no rule						vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Causer clause=Goal
2	entitle	past	the persons						tree rules
3	grieve	to-infinitive	the persons not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Such sorrow constitutes evidence of a disorder of the mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 evidence	amod
2	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	compound
3	constitutes	constitute	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 evidence	compound
4	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 disorder	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 disorder	det
7	disorder	disorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 evidence	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mind	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mind	det
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disorder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evidence			a disorder of the mind					nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient
2	disorder			the mind					nom disorder «state transitive»: of=patient

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