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title: Ascertain the correct interpretation of a child's absence of tears a… — Dementia and the first death in the fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the correct interpretation of a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent. Exam question 3 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; 
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# Exam question 3 · Dementia and the first death in the family

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Ascertain the correct interpretation of a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, child · **What happens:** ascertain, interpret, absent · **To what, where:** correct interpretation, absence, tears

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the correct interpretation of a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 correct interpretation of a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Topic |
| 2 | **interpret** |  |  | a child's absence of tears at the funeral of a grandparent |  |  |  |  | nom interpretation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **absent** |  | a child | tears at the funeral of a grandparent |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent of=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 {#o1}

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It requires a remedy by the feigning of tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e3:o1:1
# text = It requires a remedy by the feigning of tears
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feigning	feigning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | It | a remedy |  |  |  | by the feigning of tears | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme remedy=Precondition |
| 2 | **feign** |  |  | tears |  |  |  |  | nom feigning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It indicates a disorder requiring medical attention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e3:o2:1
# text = It indicates a disorder requiring medical attention
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	disorder	disorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | present | It | a disorder |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disorder=Topic |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | a disorder *not said here* | medical attention |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It implies nothing as to the child's affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e3:o3:1
# text = It implies nothing as to the child's affection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	implies	imply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imply** | present | It | nothing |  |  |  | as the child's affection | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It demonstrates indifference towards the deceased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:e3:o4:1
# text = It demonstrates indifference towards the deceased
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	towards	towards	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | present | It | indifference |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot indifference=Topic |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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