Exam question 1 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of continuing activities formerly shared with a deceased person?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, continue, share, decease, effect · To what, where: effect, continuing activities

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't death» 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 effect	det
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 activities	case
12	continuing	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 activities	amod
13	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 effect	nmod
14	formerly	formerly	ADV	_	15 shared	advmod
15	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 activities	acl
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 person	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 person	det
18	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 person	amod
19	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shared	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the effect of continuing activities	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	continue	gerund			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	share	participle	continuing activities not said here	with a deceased person; formerly property	tree rules
5	decease	participle			vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	effect		continuing activities		nom effect «phenomenon 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

Such activities are prohibited until a full year has elapsed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 activities	amod
2	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 elapsed	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 year	amod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 elapsed	obl:unmarked
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 elapsed	aux
10	elapsed	elapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 prohibited	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Such activities					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	elapse	present · perfect					year		tree rules

Option 2

Such activities have no bearing whatsoever upon the bereaved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 activities	amod
2	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 bearing	det
5	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 have	advmod
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 bereaved	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bereaved	det
9	bereaved	bereave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 have	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Such activities	no bearing				whatsoever property	tree rules
2	bereave	participle	no bearing not said here						vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Such activities may initially cause pain and subsequently afford a sense of closeness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 activities	amod
2	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cause	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	aux
4	initially	initially	ADV	_	5 cause	advmod
5	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 afford	cc
8	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	9 afford	advmod
9	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cause	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sense	det
11	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 afford	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 closeness	case
13	closeness	closeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sense	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	may	Such activities	pain	initially property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=Patient
2	afford	infinitive	Such activities not said here	a sense of closeness	subsequently property	tree rules
3	sense			closeness		nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Such activities invariably prolong the period of grief without limit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 activities	amod
2	activities	activity	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prolong	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 prolong	advmod
4	prolong	prolong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 period	det
6	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prolong	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 grief	case
8	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 period	nmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 limit	case
10	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prolong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong	present	Such activities	the period of grief				without limit; invariably property	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent period=Theme

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