Exam question 1 · Life and death: putting it all together

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the course of grief as presented throughout this block of lessons?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, present · To what, where: course

This is exam question 1 of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» 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 course	det
10	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 grief	case
12	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 course	nmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 presented	mark
14	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 characterises	advcl
15	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	17 block	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 block	det
17	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 presented	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 lessons	case
19	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 block	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the course of grief		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	present	participle		throughout this block of lessons		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

It occurs in waves, recurs upon significant dates, and commonly diminishes over time

The tree, 13 words

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	in	in	ADP	_	4 waves	case
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 occurs	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 recurs	punct
6	recurs	recur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 occurs	conj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 dates	case
8	significant	significant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dates	amod
9	dates	date	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 recurs	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 diminishes	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 diminishes	cc
12	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	13 diminishes	advmod
13	diminishes	diminish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 occurs	conj
14	over	over	ADP	_	15 time	case
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 diminishes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	occur	present	It	waves			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wave=Location
2	recur	present		significant dates			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon date=Location
3	diminish	present			time	commonly property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It ceases entirely upon the conclusion of the funeral

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 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ceases	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 conclusion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 conclusion	det
6	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 funeral	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 funeral	det
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	It					upon the conclusion of the funeral; entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	conclude			the funeral					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is confined to the loss of human relatives

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 confined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 confined	aux:pass
3	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 loss	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 loss	det
6	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confined	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 relatives	case
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 relatives	amod
9	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 loss	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		It		the loss of human relatives			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to loss=Destination

Option 4

It persists undiminished in perpetuity

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 persists	nsubj
2	persists	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	undiminished	undiminished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 persists	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 perpetuity	case
5	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persist	present	It			perpetuity		undiminished property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in perpetuity=Location

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