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description: Ascertain the bodily signs that may arise in children who conceal their grief. Exam question 4 of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday 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 4 · Family changes and grief

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Ascertain the bodily signs that may arise in children who conceal their grief.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bodily signs, children · **What happens:** ascertain, arise, conceal · **To what, where:** bodily signs, grief

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday 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/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the bodily signs that may arise in children who conceal their grief.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bodily	bodily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	arise	arise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	conceal	conceal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bodily signs |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic |
| 2 | **arise** | may | the bodily signs |  |  |  |  | in children | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in child=Location |
| 3 | **conceal** | present | children | children's grief |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Patient |

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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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Improved appetite, longer sleep and a cheerful manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:e4:o1:1
# text = Improved appetite, longer sleep and a cheerful manner
1	Improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	appetite	appetite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Headaches, stomach aches or difficulty in sleeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:e4:o2:1
# text = Headaches, stomach aches or difficulty in sleeping
1	Headaches	headache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	aches	ache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No signs whatsoever in any child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:e4:o3:1
# text = No signs whatsoever in any child
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Faster growth and stronger muscles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:e4:o4:1
# text = Faster growth and stronger muscles
1	Faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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