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# Exam question 3 · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

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Pursuant to a grandparent suffering from a memory illness such as dementia, select the appropriate conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandparent, you · **What happens:** suffer, select · **To what, where:** memory illness, appropriate conduct

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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/96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e3:1
# text = Pursuant to a grandparent suffering from a memory illness such as dementia, select the appropriate conduct.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	suffering	suffer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	dementia	dementia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | gerund | a grandparent *not said here* |  |  | a memory illness such dementia |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate conduct |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Patience and kind reminders, since the grandparent still loves the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e3:o1:1
# text = Patience and kind reminders, since the grandparent still loves the family
1	Patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reminders	reminder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	since	since	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Patience and kind reminders and the grandparent | the family |  |  | still |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Correcting every error loudly, so that the grandparent will learn faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e3:o2:1
# text = Correcting every error loudly, so that the grandparent will learn faster
1	Correcting	correct	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | gerund |  | every error |  |  |  | so the grandparent; loudly *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent error=Patient |
| 2 | **learn** | future | Correcting |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Avoiding all visits, since the grandparent no longer recognises affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e3:o3:1
# text = Avoiding all visits, since the grandparent no longer recognises affection
1	Avoiding	avoid	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	since	since	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	no	no	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
10	recognises	recognise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | gerund |  | all visits |  |  | since the grandparent |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent visit=Location |
| 2 | **recognise** | present | Avoiding | affection |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer affection=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Laughing at the errors, since the grandparent will not remember them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:96-grandparents-divorce-and-step-families:e3:o4:1
# text = Laughing at the errors, since the grandparent will not remember them
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	errors	error	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  | the errors |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **remember** | future | the grandparent | errors *= error* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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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