Exam question 1 · Living well because life is short

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the regrets commonly expressed by persons near the end of life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, express · To what, where: regrets

This is exam question 1 of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 regrets	det
10	regrets	regret	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	12 expressed	advmod
12	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 regrets	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 persons	case
14	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 expressed	obl
15	near	near	ADP	_	17 end	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 persons	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 life	case
19	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 end	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the regrets	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	express	participle	the regrets not said here	by persons near the end of life; commonly property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: 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

That they had not engaged in more disputes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 engaged	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 engaged	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 engaged	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 engaged	advmod
5	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 disputes	case
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 disputes	amod
8	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 engaged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not engage	past · perfect · passive		That				in more disputes goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in dispute=Goal

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That they had not loved more nor worried less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 loved	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 loved	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 loved	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 loved	advmod
5	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 loved	obj
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	8 worried	cc
8	worried	worry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 loved	conj
9	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 worried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not love	past · perfect	That	more					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus
2	worry	participle	That not said here					less property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

That they had not acquired greater wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 acquired	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 acquired	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 acquired	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 acquired	advmod
5	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 wealth	amod
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acquired	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not acquire	past · perfect · passive		That					tree rules

Option 4

That they had not worked longer hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 worked	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 worked	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worked	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 worked	advmod
5	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 hours	advmod
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not work	past · perfect	That				hour		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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