Exam question 2 · Life and death: putting it all together

Identify the conduct most consistent with the matters taught in respect of a classmate who has lost a parent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, matters, classmate · What happens: identify, teach, lose, respect · To what, where: conduct, respect, parent, classmate

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
6	with	with	SCONJ	_	9 taught	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 matters	det
8	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 taught	nsubj
9	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consistent	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taught	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 classmate	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 classmate	det
14	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 respect	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 lost	nsubj
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 lost	aux
17	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 classmate	acl:relcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 parent	det
19	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lost	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	teach speech: other	past	the matters		respect of a classmate	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lose	present · perfect	a classmate	a parent		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Eventuality
4	respect			a classmate		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Avoidance of the classmate until the grief has passed entirely and he is cheerful again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 passed	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 classmate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 classmate	det
4	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Avoidance	nmod
5	until	until	ADP	_	7 grief	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grief	det
7	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 classmate	nmod
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 passed	aux
9	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	9 passed	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cheerful	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cheerful	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 cheerful	cop
14	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 passed	conj
15	again	again	ADV	_	9 passed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	pass	present · perfect	Avoidance of the classmate until the grief		again	entirely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Avoidance			cheerful property	tree rules
3	avoid			the classmate until the grief			nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Detailed enquiry into the circumstances of the death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Detailed	detailed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 enquiry	amod
2	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 circumstances	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 circumstances	det
5	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enquiry	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 death	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 death	det
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 circumstances	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Assurance that the loss will shortly be forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Assurance	assurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 forgotten	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 loss	det
4	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgotten	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 forgotten	aux
6	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	8 forgotten	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 forgotten	aux:pass
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Assurance	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	future · passive		the loss				shortly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A brief expression of sympathy followed by ordinary friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 expression	det
2	brief	brief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 expression	amod
3	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sympathy	case
5	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expression	nmod
6	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 expression	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 friendship	case
8	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 friendship	amod
9	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a brief expression of sympathy not said here				by ordinary friendship	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by friendship=Location

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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