--- title: Identify the principal deficiency of consolation commencing with the… — When a friend's mum or dad dies: what… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal deficiency of consolation commencing with the words «at least». Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [When a friend's mum or dad dies: what…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do Identify the principal deficiency of consolation commencing with the words «at least». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, consolation · **What happens:** identify, commence · **To what, where:** principal deficiency, least This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal deficiency of consolation commencing with the words «at least». 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 deficiency deficiency NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 consolation consolation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 commencing commence VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal deficiency of consolation | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme | | 2 | **commence** | gerund | consolation *not said here* | | | least | | with the words | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with word=Subeventuality | 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} It may diminish the significance of the bereaved person's loss ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e2:o1:1 # text = It may diminish the significance of the bereaved person's loss 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 diminish diminish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 bereaved bereaved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **diminish** | may | It | the significance of the bereaved person's loss | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer significance=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is excessively brief ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e2:o2:1 # text = It is excessively brief 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 excessively excessively ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 brief brief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | brief, excessively *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is forbidden by religious law ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e2:o3:1 # text = It is forbidden by religious law 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 _ 6 case _ _ 5 religious religious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | religious law | It | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is grammatically incorrect ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:e2:o4:1 # text = It is grammatically incorrect 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 grammatically grammatically ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 incorrect incorrect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | grammatically, incorrect *property* | tree rules | **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. 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