--- title: Identify the principal meaning of the expression "passed away" when… — When someone dies · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal meaning of the expression "passed away" when employed in respect of a person. Exam question 2 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [When someone dies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · When someone dies Identify the principal meaning of the expression "passed away" when employed in respect of a person. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, pass away, employ, mean, respect · **To what, where:** principal meaning, expression, respect, person This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal meaning of the expression "passed away" when employed in respect of a person. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal meaning of the expression | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | | 2 | **pass away** *in a quote* | participle | | the expression *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **employ** | participle | | | | respect of a person | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mean** | | | the expression | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **respect** | | | a person | | | | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The person has walked past ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e2:o1:1 # text = The person has walked past 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 past past ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present · perfect | the person | | | | | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The person has died ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e2:o2:1 # text = The person has died 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present · perfect | the person | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} The person has relocated ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e2:o3:1 # text = The person has relocated 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 relocated relocate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relocate** | present · perfect · passive | | the person | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The person has been admitted to hospital ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:e2:o4:1 # text = The person has been admitted to hospital 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | the person | hospital | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to hospital=Recipient | **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. 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