Exam question 3 · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning laughter during a funeral service.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, laughter

This is exam question 3 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	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	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	during	during	ADP	_	14 service	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 service	det
13	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 service	compound
14	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	laughter	during a funeral service		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus laughter=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

Nervous laughter is a common release of tension and does not indicate indifference

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 laughter	amod
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 release	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 release	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 release	det
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 release	amod
6	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tension	case
8	tension	tension	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 release	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 indicate	cc
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 indicate	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 indicate	advmod
12	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 release	conj
13	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 indicate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Nervous laughter	a common release				of tension	tree rules
2	not indicate	present · do-support	Nervous laughter not said here	indifference					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot indifference=Topic

Option 2

Laughter during prayers demonstrates contempt for the deceased and for the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demonstrates	nsubj
2	during	during	ADP	_	3 prayers	case
3	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Laughter	nmod
4	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	contempt	contempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demonstrates	obj
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 deceased	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 demonstrates	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 family	cc
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 family	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 family	det
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deceased	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	Laughter during prayers	contempt					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot contempt=Topic
2	decease	participle	Laughter during prayers not said here						vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Laughter at a funeral is invariably a symptom of illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 symptom	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 funeral	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 funeral	det
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laughter	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 symptom	cop
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	8 symptom	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 symptom	det
8	symptom	symptom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 illness	case
10	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 symptom	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Laughter at a funeral	a symptom				of illness; invariably property	tree rules

Option 4

Laughter is a prescribed element of every funeral rite in this country, without exception

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 element	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 element	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 element	det
4	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 element	amod
5	element	element	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 rite	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 rite	det
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rite	compound
9	rite	rite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 element	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 country	case
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 country	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rite	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 exception	punct
14	without	without	ADP	_	15 exception	case
15	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 element	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	participle							tree rules
2	is a	present	Laughter	a prescribed element and exception				of every funeral rite in this country	tree rules

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