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# Exam question 1 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of grief following a bereavement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** expression · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** expression, bereavement

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 66 «Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb» 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/66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression of grief following a bereavement?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 |  | the expression of grief |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | the expression of grief *not said here* | a bereavement |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bereavement=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Its absence of tears demonstrates an absence of affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e1:o1:1
# text = Its absence of tears demonstrates an absence of affection
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** | present | Its absence of tears | a absence of affection |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot absence=Topic |
| 2 | **absent** |  | Its *= it* | tears |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 3 | **absent** |  |  | affection |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It is confined to adults and is not experienced by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e1:o2:1
# text = It is confined to adults and is not experienced by children
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	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	experienced	experience	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | It | adults |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to adult=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **experience** | present · passive | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Its expression varies between individuals, and no single form is correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e1:o3:1
# text = Its expression varies between individuals, and no single form is correct
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	varies	vary	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vary** | present | Its expression |  |  |  |  | between individuals | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | no single form |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is invariably expressed through weeping on the day of the funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e1:o4:1
# text = It is invariably expressed through weeping on the day of the funeral
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	weeping	weeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present · passive |  | It |  | weeping | day | invariably *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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