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title: Identify the principal reason for which a bereaved child may weep wi… — Grief: crying, not crying and feeling… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a bereaved child may weep without warning some weeks after a death. Exam question 2 of lesson 66 «Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

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Identify the principal reason for which a bereaved child may weep without warning some weeks after a death.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bereaved child · **What happens:** identify, weep, warn · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a bereaved child may weep without warning some weeks after a death.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	weep	weep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	warning	warn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **weep** | may | a bereaved child |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund | a bereaved child *not said here* |  |  |  | after a death; week |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

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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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Grief is customarily concluded within a period of one month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e2:o1:1
# text = Grief is customarily concluded within a period of one month
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | present · passive |  | Grief |  |  |  | within a period of one month; customarily *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The child is feigning distress in order to avoid lessons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e2:o2:1
# text = The child is feigning distress in order to avoid lessons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	feigning	feign	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | present · progressive | the child | distress |  | order |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distress=Patient |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | lessons |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent lesson=Location |

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

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Grief tends to recur in waves, frequently prompted by small reminders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e2:o3:1
# text = Grief tends to recur in waves, frequently prompted by small reminders
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	recur	recur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	prompted	prompt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	reminders	reminder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | Grief |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **recur** | to-infinitive | Grief *not said here* |  |  | waves |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wave=Location |
| 3 | **prompt** | participle | Grief *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by small reminders; frequently *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Weeping after the funeral is indicative of physical illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:e2:o4:1
# text = Weeping after the funeral is indicative of physical illness
1	Weeping	weep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	indicative	indicative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after the funeral |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Weeping | indicative |  |  |  | of physical illness | 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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