Exam question 3 · The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression of grief.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, expression

This is exam question 3 of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» of the religion ethics 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 expression	det
11	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 grief	case
13	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 expression	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the expression of grief		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer

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 may be expressed by weeping, by silence or by activity, and each is genuine

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 expressed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 expressed	aux:pass
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 weeping	mark
6	weeping	weep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 expressed	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 silence	punct
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 silence	case
9	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weeping	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 activity	cc
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 activity	case
12	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 silence	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 genuine	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 genuine	cc
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	17 genuine	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 genuine	cop
17	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 expressed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	express	may · passive		Grief		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	weep	gerund		silence or activity		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent silence=Theme
3	is	present	each		genuine property	tree rules

Option 2

Grief is genuine only where accompanied by weeping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 genuine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 genuine	cop
3	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 accompanied	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 accompanied	advmod
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 genuine	advcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 weeping	case
8	weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grief					genuine property	tree rules
2	accompany	participle	Grief not said here					by weeping	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by weeping=Destination

Option 3

Grief must cease entirely within seven days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cease	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cease	aux
3	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 cease	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cease	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	must	Grief				day	entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Grief is unbecoming in adult males

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unbecoming	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unbecoming	cop
3	unbecoming	unbecoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 males	case
5	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 males	amod
6	males	male	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unbecoming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grief			adult males		unbecoming property	tree rules

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