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# Exam question 1 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of continuing activities formerly shared with a deceased person?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, continue, share, decease, effect · **To what, where:** effect, continuing activities

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't death» 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/3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the effect of continuing activities formerly shared with a deceased person?
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	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	continuing	continue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 effect of continuing activities |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **continue** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **share** | participle |  | continuing activities *not said here* |  |  |  | with a deceased person; formerly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **effect** |  |  | continuing activities |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon 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 {#o1}

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Such activities are prohibited until a full year has elapsed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e1:o1:1
# text = Such activities are prohibited until a full year has elapsed
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	elapsed	elapse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Such activities |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **elapse** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such activities have no bearing whatsoever upon the bereaved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e1:o2:1
# text = Such activities have no bearing whatsoever upon the bereaved
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bereaved	bereave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Such activities | no bearing |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bereave** | participle | no bearing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Such activities may initially cause pain and subsequently afford a sense of closeness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e1:o3:1
# text = Such activities may initially cause pain and subsequently afford a sense of closeness
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	initially	initially	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	afford	afford	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	closeness	closeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | may | Such activities | pain |  |  |  | initially *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pain=Patient |
| 2 | **afford** | infinitive | Such activities *not said here* | a sense of closeness |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sense** |  |  | closeness |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Such activities invariably prolong the period of grief without limit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e1:o4:1
# text = Such activities invariably prolong the period of grief without limit
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	activities	activity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	prolong	prolong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | present | Such activities | the period of grief |  |  |  | without limit; invariably *property* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent period=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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