Exam question 4 · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do

Ascertain the conduct described in the Book of Job as most consoling to the afflicted.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: ascertain, describe, console, afflict · To what, where: conduct, Book

This is exam question 4 of lesson 61 «When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Book	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Book	det
7	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 described	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Job	case
9	Job	Job	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Book	nmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 consoling	mark
11	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 consoling	nsubj
12	consoling	console	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 described	advcl
13	to	to	SCONJ	_	15 afflicted	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 afflicted	det
15	afflicted	afflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 consoling	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	describe	participle		the conduct not said here	the Book of Job	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	console	gerund	most			tree rules
4	afflict	participle	most not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

The silent presence of his friends beside him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 presence	det
2	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 presence	amod
3	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 friends	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 presence	nmod
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The withdrawal of his friends from his company

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 withdrawal	det
2	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 friends	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friends	nmod:poss
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 withdrawal	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 company	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 company	nmod:poss
8	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 friends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withdraw			his friends from his company					nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The attribution of blame to the sufferer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 attribution	det
2	attribution	attribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 blame	case
4	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribution	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sufferer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sufferer	det
7	sufferer	sufferer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attribution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute			blame				to the sufferer	nom attribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

The provision of lengthy explanations of his suffering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provision	det
2	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 explanations	case
4	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 explanations	amod
5	explanations	explanation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 provision	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 suffering	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 suffering	nmod:poss
8	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 explanations	nmod

#	verb	who	roles by
1	provide	lengthy explanations of his suffering	nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent
2	explain	his suffering	nom explanation «communication intransitive»: of=agent
3	suffer	his = he	nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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