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description: Identify the principal function of a will executed by a person during his or her lifetime. Exam question 1 of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · What people leave behind

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Identify the principal function of a will executed by a person during his or her lifetime.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, execute · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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/26-what-people-leave-behind/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal function of a will executed by a person during his or her lifetime.
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	executed	execute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	lifetime	lifetime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **execute** | future |  | the principal function *not said here* |  |  | during person's lifetime | by a person | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To appoint a physician for the person's final illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e1:o1:1
# text = To appoint a physician for the person's final illness
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	appoint	appoint	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | to-infinitive |  | a physician |  |  |  | for the person's final illness | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To guarantee that the person will live a long and healthy life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e1:o2:1
# text = To guarantee that the person will live a long and healthy life
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	guarantee	guarantee	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **live** | future | the person | a long life |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To record the person's preferences in respect of meals and diet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e1:o3:1
# text = To record the person's preferences in respect of meals and diet
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	record	record	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	preferences	preference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | to-infinitive |  | the person's preferences |  | respect of meals and diet |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent preference=Theme in respect=Destination |
| 2 | **prefer** |  | the person |  |  |  |  |  | nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | meals |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To specify the disposal of the person's property after death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:e1:o4:1
# text = To specify the disposal of the person's property after death
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | to-infinitive |  | the disposal of the person's property |  |  | after death |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent disposal=Theme |

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