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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice? Exam question 1 of lesson 24 «When someone dies» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · When someone dies

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

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «When someone dies» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hospice	hospice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To perform surgical operations with the intention of effecting a complete cure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e1:o1:1
# text = To perform surgical operations with the intention of effecting a complete cure
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	perform	perform	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	surgical	surgical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	operations	operation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	effecting	effect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | to-infinitive |  | surgical operations |  |  |  | with the intention | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent operation=Theme |
| 2 | **effect** | gerund | the intention *not said here* | a complete cure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To accommodate healthy elderly persons on holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e1:o2:1
# text = To accommodate healthy elderly persons on holiday
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	accommodate	accommodate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accommodate** | to-infinitive |  | healthy elderly persons |  | holiday |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To provide comfort and relief from pain to persons nearing the end of life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e1:o3:1
# text = To provide comfort and relief from pain to persons nearing the end of life
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	provide	provide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	comfort	comfort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	nearing	near	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | to-infinitive |  | comfort and relief | persons | pain |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme to person=Recipient |
| 2 | **near** | gerund | persons *not said here* | the end of life |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To provide educational instruction to medical students

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e1:o4:1
# text = To provide educational instruction to medical students
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	provide	provide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	educational	educational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | to-infinitive |  | educational instruction | medical students |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme to student=Recipient |

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**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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