--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises deme… — Dementia and the first death in the fa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dementia? Exam question 1 of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/e1/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Dementia and the first death in the fa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Dementia and the first death in the family Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dementia? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** dementia This is exam question 1 of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» 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/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises dementia? 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 dementia dementia NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | dementia | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} A brief illness from which recovery is swift ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e1:o1:1 # text = A brief illness from which recovery is swift 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brief brief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 recovery recovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a brief illness from which recovery | swift | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} A condition caused by insufficient effort on the sufferer's part ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e1:o2:1 # text = A condition caused by insufficient effort on the sufferer's part 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 insufficient insufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sufferer sufferer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | participle | | a condition *not said here* | | the sufferer's part | | by insufficient effort | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} An illness of the brain causing progressive loss of memory ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e1:o3:1 # text = An illness of the brain causing progressive loss of memory 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 causing cause VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 7 progressive progressive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | gerund | a illness of the brain *not said here* | progressive loss of memory | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition loss=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A wilful neglect by the sufferer to remember others ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e1:o4:1 # text = A wilful neglect by the sufferer to remember others 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wilful wilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 neglect neglect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sufferer sufferer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | to-infinitive | | others | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent other=Theme | | 2 | **neglect** | | the sufferer | | | | | | nom neglect «cognition transitive»: by=agent | **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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