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title: Identify the principal cause of forgetfulness in an elderly person d… — Getting old: how long people and anima… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal cause of forgetfulness in an elderly person diagnosed with dementia. Exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 2 · Getting old: how long people and animals live

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Identify the principal cause of forgetfulness in an elderly person diagnosed with dementia.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, diagnose, cause · **To what, where:** principal cause, elderly person, forgetfulness

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal cause of forgetfulness in an elderly person diagnosed with dementia.
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	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	forgetfulness	forgetfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	diagnosed	diagnose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dementia	dementia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 cause of forgetfulness in a elderly person |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |
| 2 | **diagnose** | participle |  | a elderly person *not said here* |  |  |  | with dementia | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | forgetfulness in a elderly person |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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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An illness affecting the brain, not any diminution of affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:e2:o1:1
# text = An illness affecting the brain, not any diminution of affection
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affecting	affect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	diminution	diminution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | gerund | a illness | the brain |  |  |  | any diminution of affection *obl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brain=Experiencer |
| 2 | **diminish** |  | affection |  |  |  |  |  | nom diminution «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A lack of love for the members of the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:e2:o2:1
# text = A lack of love for the members of the family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** |  |  | love |  |  |  | for the members of the family | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Excessive attendance at social occasions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:e2:o3:1
# text = Excessive attendance at social occasions
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A deliberate refusal to recall the names of relatives and friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:e2:o4:1
# text = A deliberate refusal to recall the names of relatives and friends
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	recall	recall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recall** | to-infinitive |  | the names of relatives and friends |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | relatives |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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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