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# Exam question 2 · Dementia and the first death in the family

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Identify the most appropriate response of a child to a grandparent with dementia who repeats the same anecdote.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dementia · **What happens:** identify, repeat · **To what, where:** appropriate response, same anecdote

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e2:1
# text = Identify the most appropriate response of a child to a grandparent with dementia who repeats the same anecdote.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dementia	dementia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	repeats	repeat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	anecdote	anecdote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 appropriate response of a child |  |  |  | to a grandparent with dementia | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to grandparent=be' |
| 2 | **repeat** | present | dementia | the same anecdote |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anecdote=Eventuality |

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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 withdraw from the room on each occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e2:o1:1
# text = To withdraw from the room on each occasion
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the room |  | on each occasion | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from room=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To remind the grandparent repeatedly of the prior telling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e2:o2:1
# text = To remind the grandparent repeatedly of the prior telling
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remind	remind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	telling	telling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the grandparent |  |  |  | of the prior telling; repeatedly *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent grandparent=Recipient of telling=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To listen attentively as though hearing it for the first time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e2:o3:1
# text = To listen attentively as though hearing it for the first time
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	listen	listen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	attentively	attentively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | attentively *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hear** | gerund |  | it |  |  | time |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To correct each and every inaccuracy in the grandparent's account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e2:o4:1
# text = To correct each and every inaccuracy in the grandparent's account
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	correct	correct	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	inaccuracy	inaccuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive |  | each |  | the grandparent's account |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent each=Patient |
| 2 | **account** |  | the grandparent |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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