Exam question 2 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de…

Identify the principal reason for which an adult may decline to discuss a deceased relative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, adult · What happens: identify, decline, not discuss, decease · To what, where: principal reason, deceased relative

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 decline	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 decline	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 decline	aux
10	decline	decline	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 discuss	mark
12	discuss	discuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 decline	xcomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 relative	det
14	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 relative	amod
15	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discuss	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	decline	may	a adult		for the principal reason	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not discuss speech: other	to-infinitive	a adult not said here	a deceased relative		vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relative=Topic
4	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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

Adults are forbidden by law to mention deceased relatives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 mention	mark
7	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbidden	xcomp
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 relatives	amod
9	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 mention	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	law	Adults	tree rules
2	mention speech: other	to-infinitive	law not said here	deceased relatives	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent relative=Topic
3	decease	participle			vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The deceased has necessarily been found guilty of misconduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deceased	det
2	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 found	advcl
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 found	aux
4	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	_	6 found	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 found	aux:pass
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 found	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 misconduct	case
9	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guilty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	find	present · perfect · passive						guilty, necessarily property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The subject remains too painful for that adult to address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 subject	det
2	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 painful	advmod
5	painful	painful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 adult	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 adult	det
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 painful	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 address	mark
10	address	address	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 painful	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	the subject					painful property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	address	to-infinitive	the subject not said here						vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The adult has entirely forgotten the existence of the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgotten	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 forgotten	aux
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 forgotten	advmod
5	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 existence	det
7	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgotten	obj
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 deceased	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 deceased	det
10	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 existence	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	the adult	the existence				entirely property	tree rules
2	decease	participle		the existence not said here					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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