Exam question 3 · When a grandparent dies

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the instrument known as a will.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, know · To what, where: response, instrument

This is exam question 3 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	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 instrument	det
11	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 instrument	acl
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 will	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 will	det
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 known	conj
16	.	.	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 instrument		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus instrument=Experiencer
4	know	participle		the instrument not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

A certificate confirming the cause of death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 certificate	det
2	certificate	certificate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	confirming	confirm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 certificate	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confirming	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	gerund	a certificate not said here	the cause of death					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Topic
2	cause			death					nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A promise by the family to visit the grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 family	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promise	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 visit	mark
7	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promise	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grave	det
9	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	to-infinitive		the grave					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Co-Agent
2	promise		the family						nom promise «communication transitive»: by=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A document specifying the disposition of a person's property after death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 document	det
2	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	specifying	specify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 document	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 disposition	det
5	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 specifying	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 property	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 property	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disposition	nmod
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 death	case
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 specifying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	gerund	a document not said here	the disposition of a person's property			after death		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent disposition=Theme

Option 4

A prayer pronounced at the committal of the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 prayer	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prayer	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 committal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 committal	det
6	committal	committal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	obl
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 deceased	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deceased	det
9	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 committal	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	participle		a prayer not said here		the committal			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	decease	participle		the committal not said here					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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