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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The old dog, the vet and the hardest g… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression of grief. Exam question 3 of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» 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 3 · The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression of grief.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, expression

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 56 «The old dog, the vet and the hardest goodbye» 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/56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression of grief.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the expression of grief |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer |

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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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Grief may be expressed by weeping, by silence or by activity, and each is genuine

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:e3:o1:1
# text = Grief may be expressed by weeping, by silence or by activity, and each is genuine
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	weeping	weep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | may · passive |  | Grief |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **weep** | gerund |  | silence or activity |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent silence=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | each |  |  |  |  | genuine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Grief is genuine only where accompanied by weeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:e3:o2:1
# text = Grief is genuine only where accompanied by weeping
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
6	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	weeping	weeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Grief |  |  |  |  | genuine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accompany** | participle | Grief *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by weeping | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by weeping=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Grief must cease entirely within seven days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:e3:o3:1
# text = Grief must cease entirely within seven days
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Grief is unbecoming in adult males

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:56-the-old-dog-the-vet-and-the-hardest-goodbye:e3:o4:1
# text = Grief is unbecoming in adult males
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unbecoming	unbecoming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	adult	adult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	males	male	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Grief |  |  | adult males |  | unbecoming *property* | tree rules |

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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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