Exam question 4 · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

Select the response consistent with sound reasoning in respect of the question of what follows death.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, follow, respect, question · To what, where: response, respect, death, question

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 reasoning	case
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reasoning	compound
7	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 question	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 question	det
12	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 what	case
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 question	nmod
15	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 what	acl:relcl
16	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 follows	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of the question of respect of the question of respect	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	follow	present		death		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme
3	respect			the question of respect of the question of respect of the question		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	question			respect of the question of respect of the question		nom question «communication 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

Beliefs differ among families, and certainty is not available to anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 differ	nsubj
2	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	among	among	ADP	_	4 families	case
4	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 differ	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 available	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 available	cc
7	certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 available	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 available	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 available	advmod
10	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 differ	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 anyone	case
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 available	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	differ	present	Beliefs					among families	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	certainty					to anyone; available property	tree rules

Option 2

The matter has been conclusively determined by the eldest person present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determined	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 determined	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 determined	aux:pass
5	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	_	6 determined	advmod
6	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 present	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 present	det
9	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 present	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 present	compound
11	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 determined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · perfect · passive	the eldest person present	the matter				conclusively property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 3

The question may be answered only by those who shout most loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answered	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 answered	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 answered	aux:pass
5	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 those	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 those	case
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 answered	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 shout	nsubj
10	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 those	acl:relcl
11	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 loudly	advmod
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	10 shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	may · passive	those	the question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2	shout speech: express	present						loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The question is improper and must never be raised by a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 improper	compound
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 improper	cop
4	improper	improper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 raised	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 raised	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 raised	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 raised	aux:pass
9	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 improper	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 child	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		question improper					tree rules
2	not raise	must · passive	a child						vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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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