Exam question 1 · When a grandparent dies

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression «we lost Nana last night»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we · What happens: follow, characteris, lose · To what, where: expression, Nana · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 58 «When a grandparent dies» 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	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 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 lost	punct
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 lost	nsubj
13	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	parataxis
14	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 lost	obj
15	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lost	obl:unmarked
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 lost	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the expression		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	lose in a quote	past	we	Nana	night		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nana=Eventuality

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

A report that Nana has become physically lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 report	det
2	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 Nana	mark
4	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 report	appos
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 become	aux
6	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	physically	physically	ADV	_	8 lost	advmod
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	a report						tree rules
2	lose	participle	a report not said here					physically property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A statement that Nana has relocated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 relocated	mark
4	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 relocated	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 relocated	aux
6	relocated	relocate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 statement	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate	present · perfect	Nana	a statement not said here					tree rules

Option 3

An admission that the family was defeated in a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 admission	det
2	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 defeated	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 defeated	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 defeated	aux:pass
7	defeated	defeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 admission	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 game	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 defeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defeat	past · passive		the family		a game			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A euphemism signifying that Nana has died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 euphemism	det
2	euphemism	euphemism	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	nsubj
3	signifying	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 euphemism	acl
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 Nana	mark
5	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 signifying	obl
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 died	aux
7	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	gerund	a euphemism not said here	Nana					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	die	present · perfect	a euphemism						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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