Exam question 3 · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the course of grief over time.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, course

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 course	det
11	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 grief	case
13	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 course	nmod
14	over	over	ADP	_	15 time	case
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
16	.	.	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	the course of grief	time		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus course=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

It ceases entirely and abruptly after one calendar month

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	2 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ceases	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 abruptly	cc
5	abruptly	abruptly	ADV	_	3 entirely	conj
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 month	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 calendar	nummod
8	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 month	compound
9	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	It				month	entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

It invariably increases in severity with each passing year

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 increases	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 increases	advmod
3	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 severity	case
5	severity	severity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 increases	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 year	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 year	det
8	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 year	amod
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 increases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It			severity	year	invariably property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	pass	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It commonly diminishes in intensity while affection and memory endure

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 diminishes	nsubj
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	3 diminishes	advmod
3	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 intensity	case
5	intensity	intensity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 diminishes	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 endure	mark
7	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 endure	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 memory	cc
9	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 affection	conj
10	endure	endure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 diminishes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	diminish	present	It			intensity		commonly property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	endure	present	affection and memory						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It may be concluded only by forgetting the deceased

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	4 concluded	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 concluded	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 concluded	aux:pass
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	4 concluded	advmod
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 forgetting	mark
7	forgetting	forget	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 concluded	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deceased	det
9	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 forgetting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	conclude	may · passive	It	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	forget	gerund		tree rules
3	not decease	participle		vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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