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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the course of grief following a bereavement? Exam question 1 of lesson 1 «When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the course of grief following a bereavement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grief · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** course, bereavement

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief» of the reflection 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/reflection/1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the course of grief following a bereavement?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the course of grief |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | grief *not said here* | a bereavement |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bereavement=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 {#o1}

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It is invariably constant in intensity for the remainder of one's life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e1:o1:1
# text = It is invariably constant in intensity for the remainder of one's life
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	intensity	intensity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | intensity |  | for the remainder of one's life; constant, invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It invariably concludes within a single day of the bereavement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e1:o2:1
# text = It invariably concludes within a single day of the bereavement
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	concludes	conclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | present | It |  |  |  | day | invariably *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e1:o3:1
# text = It is experienced exclusively by adults and never by children
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	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present · passive | adults and children | It |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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

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It commonly recurs in waves which diminish gradually over weeks and months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e1:o4:1
# text = It commonly recurs in waves which diminish gradually over weeks and months
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	recurs	recur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	diminish	diminish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	gradually	gradually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recur** | present | It |  |  | waves |  | commonly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wave=Location |
| 2 | **diminish** | present | waves |  |  |  | week | gradually *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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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