Exam question 2 · When a grandparent dies

Identify the principal cause of the death of an elderly grandparent from illness.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, elderly grandparent · What happens: identify, cause, die · To what, where: principal cause, death

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 death	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 death	det
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 grandparent	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 grandparent	det
10	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grandparent	amod
11	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 death	nmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 illness	case
13	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grandparent	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of the death of a elderly grandparent from illness	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	cause			the death of a elderly grandparent from illness	nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
3	die		a elderly grandparent from illness		nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

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

A discourteous remark made by a grandchild shortly before the death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 remark	det
2	discourteous	discourteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remark	amod
3	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remark	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 grandchild	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 grandchild	det
7	grandchild	grandchild	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	4 made	advmod
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 death	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 death	det
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a discourteous remark not said here			before the death	by a grandchild; shortly property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The illness and advanced age of the deceased, and not the conduct of any child

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 illness	det
2	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 age	cc
4	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 age	amod
5	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 illness	conj
6	of	of	ADP	ExtPos=ADV	5 age	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 of	fixed
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 conduct	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 conduct	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 conduct	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conduct	det
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 illness	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 child	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conduct	nmod

#	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	conduct			any child					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The grandchild's failure to visit the grandparent sufficiently often in the final years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandchild	det
2	grandchild	grandchild	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 failure	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 grandchild	case
4	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 visit	mark
6	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 failure	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grandparent	det
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visit	obj
9	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	_	10 often	advmod
10	often	often	ADV	_	6 visit	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 years	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 years	det
13	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 years	amod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 visit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	to-infinitive		the grandparent			year	often property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandparent=Co-Agent
2	fail		the grandchild						nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The grandchild's having enjoyed a holiday during the final illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grandchild	det
2	grandchild	grandchild	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enjoyed	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 grandchild	case
4	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 grandchild	acl
5	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 holiday	det
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enjoyed	obj
8	during	during	ADP	_	11 illness	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 illness	det
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 illness	amod
11	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enjoyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	the grandchild not said here						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	enjoy	past	the grandchild	a holiday			during the final illness		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer holiday=Stimulus

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