Exam question 1 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hospice · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» 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 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 hospice	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hospice	det
13	hospice	hospice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of a hospice	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	purpose		a hospice			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

The training of surgeons in new procedures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 training	det
2	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 surgeons	case
4	surgeons	surgeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 training	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 procedures	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 procedures	amod
7	procedures	procedure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 surgeons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train			surgeons in new procedures					nom training «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The treatment of minor injuries sustained in sport

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 treatment	det
2	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 injuries	case
4	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 injuries	amod
5	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 treatment	nmod
6	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 injuries	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 sport	case
8	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sustained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	participle		minor injuries not said here		sport			vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
2	treat			minor injuries					nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The care and comfort of persons who are dying, that they may live as well as possible

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 care	det
2	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 comfort	cc
4	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 care	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comfort	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 dying	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dying	aux
9	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 persons	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 live	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 live	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 live	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 live	aux
14	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 care	parataxis
15	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	18 possible	cc
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 as	fixed
17	as	as	ADP	_	15 as	fixed
18	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 live	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	die	present · progressive	persons		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	live	may	persons = person		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	comfort			persons	nom comfort «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The accommodation of travellers upon holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accommodation	det
2	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 travellers	case
4	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 accommodation	nmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 holiday	case
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accommodation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accommodate			travellers				upon holiday	nom accommodation «event transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

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