Exam question 2 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

Identify the principal reason for which a bereaved child may weep without warning some weeks after a death.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, bereaved child · What happens: identify, weep, warn · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 66 «Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 weep	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 weep	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 weep	aux
11	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	without	without	SCONJ	_	13 warning	mark
13	warning	warn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 weep	advcl
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 weeks	det
15	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 warning	obj
16	after	after	ADP	_	18 death	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 death	det
18	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 warning	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	weep	may	a bereaved child			for the principal reason	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	warn speech: warn	gerund	a bereaved child not said here		after a death; week		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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

Grief is customarily concluded within a period of one month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concluded	aux:pass
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	4 concluded	advmod
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 period	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 period	det
7	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concluded	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 month	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 month	nummod
10	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present · passive		Grief				within a period of one month; customarily property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The child is feigning distress in order to avoid lessons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feigning	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feigning	aux
4	feigning	feign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feigning	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feigning	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 avoid	mark
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feigning	advcl
10	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feign	present · progressive	the child	distress		order			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distress=Patient
2	avoid	to-infinitive	the child not said here	lessons					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent lesson=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Grief tends to recur in waves, frequently prompted by small reminders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tends	nsubj
2	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 recur	mark
4	recur	recur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tends	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 waves	case
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recur	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 prompted	punct
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	9 prompted	advmod
9	prompted	prompt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tends	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 reminders	case
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reminders	amod
12	reminders	reminder	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 prompted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	tend	present	Grief			tree rules
2	recur	to-infinitive	Grief not said here	waves		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wave=Location
3	prompt	participle	Grief not said here		by small reminders; frequently property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition

Option 4

Weeping after the funeral is indicative of physical illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weeping	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 indicative	csubj
2	after	after	ADP	_	4 funeral	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 funeral	det
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Weeping	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 indicative	cop
6	indicative	indicative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 illness	case
8	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 illness	amod
9	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 indicative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	gerund					after the funeral		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Weeping	indicative				of physical illness	tree rules

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