Exam question 3 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the likelihood of a parent's death during a child's minority.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, parent · What happens: select, establish, concern, die · To what, where: response, likelihood

This is exam question 3 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	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 likelihood	det
11	likelihood	likelihood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 death	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 parent	det
14	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 death	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 parent	case
16	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 likelihood	nmod
17	during	during	ADP	_	21 minority	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 child	det
19	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 minority	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 child	case
21	minority	minority	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
22	.	.	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 likelihood of a parent's death	during a child's minority		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus likelihood=Experiencer
4	die		a parent				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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 the usual expectation in most families

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 expectation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 expectation	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 expectation	det
4	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 expectation	amod
5	expectation	expectation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 families	case
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 families	amod
8	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expectation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the usual expectation		most families			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is uncommon, and most parents live to an advanced age

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 uncommon	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 uncommon	cop
3	uncommon	uncommon	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 live	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 live	cc
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 parents	amod
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 live	nsubj
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 uncommon	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 age	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 age	det
11	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 age	amod
12	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					uncommon property	tree rules
2	live	present	most parents				to a advanced age		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It occurs whenever a parent contracts a cough or other minor ailment

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 occurs	nsubj
2	occurs	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 contracts	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contracts	nsubj
6	contracts	contract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 occurs	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cough	det
8	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contracts	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 ailment	cc
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ailment	amod
11	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ailment	amod
12	ailment	ailment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cough	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	contract	present	a parent	a cough or other minor ailment				whenever property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cough=Patient

Option 4

It may be prevented by the child remaining awake

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 prevented	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 prevented	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 prevented	aux:pass
4	prevented	prevent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 child	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prevented	obl
8	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 child	acl
9	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remaining	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	may · passive	the child	It					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	remain	gerund	the child not said here					awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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