Exam question 4 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

Whereas a parent asserts that boys ought not to weep, ascertain which response is consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent, boys, response, matters · What happens: assert, not weep, ascertain, be, teach

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 asserts	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asserts	nsubj
4	asserts	assert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 weep	mark
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 weep	nsubj
7	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 weep	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 weep	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 weep	mark
10	weep	weep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 asserts	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ascertain	punct
12	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 weep	conj
13	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	14 response	det
14	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consistent	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 consistent	cop
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ascertain	ccomp
17	with	with	SCONJ	_	20 taught	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 matters	det
19	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 taught	nsubj
20	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 consistent	advcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asserts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	assert	present	a parent		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not weep	ought	boys		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ascertain	infinitive	boys not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	which response	consistent property	tree rules
5	teach speech: other	past	the matters		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Weeping is a sign of weakness proper only to girls and to small children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 weakness	case
6	weakness	weakness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod
7	proper	properly	ADV	_	10 girls	advmod
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 girls	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 girls	case
10	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sign	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 children	cc
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 children	case
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 children	amod
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 girls	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Weeping	a sign				of weakness; to girls and small children	tree rules

Option 2

Weeping is prohibited by every religious tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 tradition	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 tradition	det
6	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tradition	amod
7	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	every religious tradition	Weeping					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 3

Weeping is permissible only within a place of worship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 place	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 place	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permissible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 worship	case
9	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Weeping					within a place of worship; permissible property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Weeping is a human response proper to persons of either sex

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weeping	weeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 response	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 response	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 response	det
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	5 response	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 persons	case
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 response	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sex	case
10	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	11 sex	det
11	sex	sex	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Weeping	a human response				to persons of either sex; properly property	tree rules

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