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# Exam question 3 · Moving, new schools, change and grief

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the thoughts and wishes of a child in respect of a subsequent death.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts, child · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, wish, respect · **To what, where:** response, thoughts, subsequent death

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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/97-moving-change-and-grief/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the thoughts and wishes of a child in respect of a subsequent death.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the thoughts and wishes of a child in respect of a subsequent death |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thought=Experiencer |
| 5 | **wish** |  | a child in respect of a subsequent death |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **respect** |  |  | a subsequent death |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: 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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Wishes are capable of hastening an illness in another person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e3:o1:1
# text = Wishes are capable of hastening an illness in another person
1	Wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hastening	hasten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wishes |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hasten** | gerund | Wishes *not said here* | a illness |  |  |  | in another person | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent illness=Theme in person=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Angry thoughts render the child partly responsible for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e3:o2:1
# text = Angry thoughts render the child partly responsible for it
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	render	render	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | present | Angry thoughts | the child |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sufficiently intense wish may occasion the death of another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e3:o3:1
# text = A sufficiently intense wish may occasion the death of another
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	intense	intense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	occasion	occasion	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | may | a intense wish | the death of another |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Thoughts and wishes are incapable of causing any death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e3:o4:1
# text = Thoughts and wishes are incapable of causing any death
1	Thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	incapable	incapable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Thoughts and wishes |  |  |  |  | incapable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | gerund | Thoughts and wishes *not said here* | any death |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=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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