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title: It is given that a pupil laughs at an amusing film one week subseque… — Moving, new schools, change and grief · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil laughs at an amusing film one week subsequent to the death of a grandparent. Determine which statement is correct. Exam question 4 of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 4 · Moving, new schools, change and grief

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It is given that a pupil laughs at an amusing film one week subsequent to the death of a grandparent. Determine which statement is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pupil, grandparent, you, statement · **What happens:** give, laugh, die, determine, be · **To what, where:** It, amusing film

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil laughs at an amusing film one week subsequent to the death of a grandparent.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e4:1
# text = It is given that a pupil laughs at an amusing film one week subsequent to the death of a grandparent.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	amusing	amusing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | a pupil |  |  | a amusing film  one week subsequent to the death of a grandparent |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **die** |  | a grandparent |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine which statement is correct.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e4:2
# text = Determine which statement is correct.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Such conduct demonstrates an absence of genuine affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e4:o1:1
# text = Such conduct demonstrates an absence of genuine affection
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | present | Such conduct | a absence of genuine affection |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | genuine affection |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such conduct ought to be prohibited for a period of at least one year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e4:o2:1
# text = Such conduct ought to be prohibited for a period of at least one year
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	nmod	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | ought · passive |  | Such conduct |  |  |  | for a period of one year | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Such conduct is normal, grief occurring in alternating waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e4:o3:1
# text = Such conduct is normal, grief occurring in alternating waves
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	alternating	alternating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Such conduct |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **occur** | gerund | grief *not said here* |  |  | alternating waves |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wave=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such conduct signifies that mourning has been concluded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:e4:o4:1
# text = Such conduct signifies that mourning has been concluded
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	mourning	mourning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | Such conduct |  |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **conclude** | present · perfect · passive |  | mourning |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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