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title: Identify the conduct most likely to assist a pupil who has lost a pa… — When a parent has died · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the conduct most likely to assist a pupil who has lost a parent. Exam question 2 of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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 2 · When a parent has died

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Identify the conduct most likely to assist a pupil who has lost a parent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** identify, assist, lose · **To what, where:** conduct, pupil, parent

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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/518-when-a-parent-has-died/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:e2:1
# text = Identify the conduct most likely to assist a pupil who has lost a parent.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **assist** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | a pupil |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **lose** | present · perfect | a pupil | a parent |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=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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Avoidance of the pupil until recovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:e2:o1:1
# text = Avoidance of the pupil until recovery
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | the pupil |  |  | until recovery |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient until=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Repeated reminders of the date of death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:e2:o2:1
# text = Repeated reminders of the date of death
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	reminders	reminder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **remind** |  |  | the date of death |  |  |  |  | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Inclusion of the pupil in ordinary activities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:e2:o3:1
# text = Inclusion of the pupil in ordinary activities
1	Inclusion	inclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** |  |  | the pupil in ordinary activities |  |  |  |  | nom inclusion «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Instruction to the pupil to cease grieving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:e2:o4:1
# text = Instruction to the pupil to cease grieving
1	Instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	grieving	grieve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grieve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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