Exam question 4 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

Whereas a visitor is uncertain what to say to a dying relative who cannot speak, ascertain the conduct most consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: visitor, dying relative, matters · What happens: be, say, die, not speak, ascertain, teach · To what, where: dying relative, conduct · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 uncertain	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 visitor	det
3	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 uncertain	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 uncertain	cop
5	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 say	advcl
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 say	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 relative	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 relative	det
11	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 relative	amod
12	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 speak	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 speak	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 speak	advmod
16	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 relative	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ascertain	punct
18	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 say	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 conduct	det
20	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ascertain	obj
21	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	22 consistent	advmod
22	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 conduct	amod
23	with	with	SCONJ	_	26 taught	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 matters	det
25	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 taught	nsubj
26	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 consistent	advcl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a visitor			uncertain property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			a dying relative		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to relative=Recipient
3	die	gerund					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	not speak speech: other	can	a dying relative				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	ascertain	infinitive		the conduct			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
6	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 · ✓ the right answer

Presence, the holding of a hand, and reading aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 holding	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 holding	det
4	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Presence	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hand	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hand	det
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holding	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reading	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 reading	cc
10	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Presence	conj
11	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	10 reading	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund						of a hand	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	read	gerund						aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Loud speech intended to rouse the patient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 speech	amod
2	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 speech	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rouse	mark
5	rouse	rouse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 intended	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 patient	det
7	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rouse	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		Loud speech not said here					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	rouse not said to happen	to-infinitive		the patient					vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patient=Patient

Option 3

Discussion confined to the disposal of property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Discussion	acl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 disposal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 disposal	det
5	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confined	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 property	case
7	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disposal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	participle		Discussion not said here		the disposal of property			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to disposal=Destination

Option 4

Prompt departure so as to avoid any disturbance to the patient or to the staff

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prompt	prompt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 departure	amod
2	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 avoid	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 avoid	mark
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 disturbance	det
8	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 patient	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 patient	det
11	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 staff	cc
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 staff	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 staff	det
15	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 patient	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	to-infinitive		Prompt departure				to the patient or the staff	tree rules

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