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# Exam question 2 · Living with loss: keeping memories, and loss that isn't de…

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Identify the principal reason for which an adult may decline to discuss a deceased relative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, adult · **What happens:** identify, decline, not discuss, decease · **To what, where:** principal reason, deceased relative

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which an adult may decline to discuss a deceased relative.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	decline	decline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	discuss	discuss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **decline** | may | a adult |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **discuss** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a adult *not said here* | a deceased relative |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relative=Topic |
| 4 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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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Adults are forbidden by law to mention deceased relatives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e2:o1:1
# text = Adults are forbidden by law to mention deceased relatives
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	mention	mention	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | law | Adults |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | law *not said here* | deceased relatives |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent relative=Topic |
| 3 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The deceased has necessarily been found guilty of misconduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e2:o2:1
# text = The deceased has necessarily been found guilty of misconduct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	necessarily	necessarily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | guilty, necessarily *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» |

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

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The subject remains too painful for that adult to address

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e2:o3:1
# text = The subject remains too painful for that adult to address
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	painful	painful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	address	address	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the subject |  |  |  |  | painful *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **address** | to-infinitive | the subject *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The adult has entirely forgotten the existence of the deceased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:3-living-with-loss-keeping-memories-and-loss-that-isn-t-death:e2:o4:1
# text = The adult has entirely forgotten the existence of the deceased
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | the adult | the existence |  |  |  | entirely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  | the existence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: 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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