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description: Ascertain the meaning of the expression «she does not have long» as employed in respect of a gravely ill grandmother. Exam question 4 of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 4 · Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill

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Ascertain the meaning of the expression «she does not have long» as employed in respect of a gravely ill grandmother.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, she · **What happens:** ascertain, not have, employ, mean, respect · **To what, where:** meaning, respect, expression, gravely ill grandmother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 59 «Illness, hospitals and children who are very ill» 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/59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the meaning of the expression «she does not have long» as employed in respect of a gravely ill grandmother.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	xcomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	gravely	gravely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the expression |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present · do-support | she |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **employ** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  | respect of a gravely ill grandmother |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the expression |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **respect** |  |  | a gravely ill grandmother |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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That her recovery is imminent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:e4:o1:1
# text = That her recovery is imminent
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	imminent	imminent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | her recovery |  |  |  |  | imminent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **recover** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That she is shortly to depart upon a journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:e4:o2:1
# text = That she is shortly to depart upon a journey
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	journey	journey	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 | That |  |  |  |  | upon a journey; depart, shortly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That she is of short stature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:e4:o3:1
# text = That she is of short stature
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stature	stature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | of short stature | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That death is likely to occur within a short period

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:59-illness-hospitals-and-children-who-are-very-ill:e4:o4:1
# text = That death is likely to occur within a short period
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	period	period	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 | that death |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **occur** | to-infinitive | that death *not said here* |  |  |  |  | within a short period | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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