Exam question 2 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

Identify the principal reason for which a grandparent may discuss the disposition of his possessions after death.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, grandparent · What happens: identify, discuss, possess · To what, where: principal reason, disposition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 70 «Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 discuss	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 grandparent	det
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discuss	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 discuss	aux
10	discuss	discuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 disposition	det
12	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discuss	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 possessions	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 possessions	nmod:poss
15	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 disposition	nmod
16	after	after	ADP	_	17 death	case
17	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 possessions	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	discuss speech: other	may	a grandparent	the disposition of grandparent's possessions after death		for the principal reason	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disposition=Topic
3	possess		grandparent		after death		nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent after=obl

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

Prudent planning, which does not indicate that death is imminent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 planning	amod
2	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 indicate	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 indicate	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 indicate	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 indicate	advmod
7	indicate	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planning	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 imminent	mark
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 imminent	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 imminent	cop
11	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 indicate	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not indicate	present · do-support	Prudent planning						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	death					imminent property	tree rules

Option 2

Certain knowledge that death will occur within days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 knowledge	amod
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 occur	nsubj
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occur	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 occur	aux
6	occur	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 knowledge	acl:relcl
7	within	within	ADP	_	8 days	case
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 occur	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	future	Certain knowledge				day		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A legal requirement imposed upon all grandparents annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 requirement	det
2	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 requirement	amod
3	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 requirement	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 grandparents	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 grandparents	det
7	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 imposed	obl
8	annually	annually	ADV	_	4 imposed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		a legal requirement not said here				upon all grandparents; annually property	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A wish to cause distress to the grandchildren

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cause	mark
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wish	acl
5	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 grandchildren	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grandchildren	det
8	grandchildren	grandchild	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive		distress				to the grandchildren	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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