Exam question 1 · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises anger occurring in bereavement?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: anger · What happens: follow, characteris, occur · To what, where: anger, bereavement

This is exam question 1 of lesson 67 «Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 anger	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 bereavement	case
12	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 occurring	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		anger		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	occur	gerund	anger not said here		bereavement		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bereavement=Location

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

It is permissible only when directed at medical staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	6 directed	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 directed	advmod
6	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 staff	case
8	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 staff	amod
9	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 directed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	direct	participle							vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is an abnormal reaction requiring punishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reaction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reaction	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reaction	det
4	abnormal	abnormal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reaction	amod
5	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 reaction	acl
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 requiring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a abnormal reaction					tree rules
2	require	gerund	a abnormal reaction not said here	punishment					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme punishment=Precondition

Option 3

It is confined to persons without religious faith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 confined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 confined	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 faith	case
7	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 faith	amod
8	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		It	persons			without religious faith	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to person=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a normal component of grief, provided it is expressed without harm to others

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 component	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 component	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 component	det
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 component	amod
5	component	component	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 expressed	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 grief	case
7	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 component	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 provided	punct
9	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 component	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 provided	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 expressed	aux:pass
12	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 harm	case
14	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 expressed	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 others	case
16	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a normal component		of grief	tree rules
2	provide	past	a normal component not said here	component			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme
3	express	present · passive		a normal component	others	without harm	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to other=Recipient

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