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# Exam question 1 · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appropriate initial communication to a bereaved schoolfellow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** appropriate initial communication

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 61 «When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do» 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/61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an appropriate initial communication to a bereaved schoolfellow?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	schoolfellow	schoolfellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 |  | a appropriate initial communication |  |  |  | of the following statements; to a bereaved schoolfellow; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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An enquiry as to the precise circumstances and details of the death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e1:o1:1
# text = An enquiry as to the precise circumstances and details of the death
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detail** |  |  | the death |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A brief and sincere expression of sorrow, followed by attentive listening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e1:o2:1
# text = A brief and sincere expression of sorrow, followed by attentive listening
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	attentive	attentive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	listening	listening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle |  | a brief expression of sorrow *not said here* |  |  |  | by attentive listening | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by listening=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A lengthy discourse upon the inevitability of mortality for all persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e1:o3:1
# text = A lengthy discourse upon the inevitability of mortality for all persons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	discourse	discourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inevitability	inevitability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mortality	mortality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The avoidance of any communication whatsoever with the bereaved pupil hereafter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e1:o4:1
# text = The avoidance of any communication whatsoever with the bereaved pupil hereafter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	hereafter	hereafter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | any communication |  |  |  | with the bereaved pupil hereafter | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

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