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title: In respect of the procedure whereby a veterinarian is said to "put a… — When someone dies: guilt, numbness and… · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of the procedure whereby a veterinarian is said to "put an animal to sleep", determine which description is correct. Exam question 4 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 pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

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In respect of the procedure whereby a veterinarian is said to "put an animal to sleep", determine which description is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** description · **What happens:** say, put, determine, be, respect · **To what, where:** veterinarian, respect, animal, procedure · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e4:1
# text = In respect of the procedure whereby a veterinarian is said to "put an animal to sleep", determine which description is correct.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	veterinarian	veterinarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	TO	_	17	case	_	_
17	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
21	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	22	det	_	_
22	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | a veterinarian |  | respect of the procedure |  | whereby *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  | a animal |  |  | to sleep | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent animal=Goal |
| 3 | **determine** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | which description |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **respect** |  |  | the procedure |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A very ill animal is assisted to die peacefully and without pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e4:o1:1
# text = A very ill animal is assisted to die peacefully and without pain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	assisted	assist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	peacefully	peacefully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** | present · passive |  | a ill animal |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | without pain; peacefully *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An animal is induced into prolonged slumber pending its recovery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e4:o2:1
# text = An animal is induced into prolonged slumber pending its recovery
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	induced	induce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	slumber	slumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	pending	pend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induce** | present · passive |  | a animal |  |  |  | into prolonged slumber *result* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient into slumber=Result |
| 2 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pend** | gerund | prolonged slumber *not said here* | animal's recovery |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **recover** |  | animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An animal is surrendered to new owners at the family's request

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e4:o3:1
# text = An animal is surrendered to new owners at the family's request
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | present · passive |  | a animal | new owners | the family's request |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to owner=Recipient |
| 2 | **request** |  | the family |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An animal is relocated to a rural property for its retirement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:1-when-someone-dies-guilt-numbness-and-waves-of-grief:e4:o4:1
# text = An animal is relocated to a rural property for its retirement
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	relocated	relocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rural	rural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	retirement	retirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | present · passive |  | a animal |  |  |  | to a rural property for animal's retirement | tree rules |
| 2 | **retire** |  | animal |  |  |  |  |  | nom retirement «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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