Exam question 4 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

Whereas a child expresses fear of dying, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fear, matters · What happens: express, die, ascertain, teach · To what, where: fear, response

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	3 child	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 child	det
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expresses	obl
4	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expresses	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 dying	mark
7	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 fear	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 expresses	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 response	det
11	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obj
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 consistent	advmod
13	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 response	amod
14	with	with	SCONJ	_	17 taught	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 matters	det
16	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 taught	nsubj
17	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 consistent	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 expresses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	express	present		fear	whereas a child	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme
2	die	gerund	fear not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	ascertain	infinitive		the response		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
4	teach speech: other	past	the matters			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

An instruction that such fear is forbidden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 forbidden	mark
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fear	amod
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forbidden	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 forbidden	aux:pass
7	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 instruction	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	a instruction not said here	such fear					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An honest and gentle answer, given with reassurance and affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 answer	det
2	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 gentle	cc
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 honest	conj
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 given	punct
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 answer	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 reassurance	case
9	reassurance	reassurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 given	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 affection	cc
11	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reassurance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		a honest answer not said here				with reassurance and affection	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

A detailed account of the causes of death, so that the child is fully informed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 account	det
2	detailed	detailed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 account	amod
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 causes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 causes	det
6	causes	cause	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 account	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 death	case
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 causes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 informed	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 informed	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 informed	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 informed	aux:pass
15	fully	fully	ADV	_	16 informed	advmod
16	informed	inform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 account	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	present · passive	a detailed account of the causes of death not said here	the child	fully property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	account			the causes of death		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	cause			death		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Refusal to discuss the matter on any occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discuss	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 discuss	mark
3	discuss	discuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 matter	det
5	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discuss	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 occasion	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 occasion	det
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 discuss	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discuss speech: other	to-infinitive	Refusal	the matter		any occasion			vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic

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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