Exam question 1 · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises grief in adults?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: grief

This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer» 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	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 adults	case
11	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		grief				of the following statements; in adults; accurately property	tree rules

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

Adults conclude their grief upon the day of the funeral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conclude	nsubj
2	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 grief	nmod:poss
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conclude	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conclude	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 funeral	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 funeral	det
10	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present	Adults	Adults's grief			day		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Theme

Option 2

Adults grieve exclusively for their own children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grieve	nsubj
2	grieve	grieve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 grieve	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 children	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 children	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grieve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grieve	present	Adults					for Adults's own children; exclusively property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Adults experience grief, at times for prolonged periods, as do children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 experience	nsubj
2	experience	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 experience	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 times	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 times	case
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 experience	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 periods	case
8	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 periods	amod
9	periods	period	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 times	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
11	as	a	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 experience	parataxis
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	experience	present	Adults	grief	time	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grief=Stimulus
2	prolong	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	do	present	as	children		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality

Option 4

Adults are exempt from grief by reason of maturity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exempt	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 exempt	cop
3	exempt	exempt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 grief	case
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exempt	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 reason	case
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exempt	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 maturity	case
9	maturity	maturity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reason	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Adults			grief		by reason of maturity; exempt property	tree rules

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