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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises deat… — Interrupting, boasting, your own story… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises death as distinguished from sleep? Exam question 1 of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» of the everyday course of Mo
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# Exam question 1 · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises death as distinguished from sleep?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, distinguish · **To what, where:** death

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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/320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises death as distinguished from sleep?
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	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	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 |  | death |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **distinguish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | from sleep | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent from sleep=Co-Theme |

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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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Sleep may cause death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e1:o1:1
# text = Sleep may cause death
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | may | Sleep | death |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In death the body stops working forever, whereas in sleep it still works

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e1:o2:1
# text = In death the body stops working forever, whereas in sleep it still works
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	whereas	wherea	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the body |  |  | death |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | the body *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wherea** | present | the body *not said here* |  |  | sleep |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **work** | present | body | sleep *not said here* |  |  | still |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent sleep=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dead pet may wake if kept warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e1:o3:1
# text = A dead pet may wake if kept warm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | may | a dead pet |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | a dead pet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Death is merely a very long sleep, from which some persons may later wake

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:320-interrupting-boasting-loss-bullying-saying-no-and-pocket-money:e1:o4:1
# text = Death is merely a very long sleep, from which some persons may later wake
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
15	wake	wake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Death | a long sleep and wake |  |  |  | merely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wake** | may | a long sleep and wake |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

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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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