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# Exam question 1 · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises anger occurring in bereavement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** anger · **What happens:** follow, characteris, occur · **To what, where:** anger, bereavement

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 67 «Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment» 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/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises anger occurring in 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	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 |  | anger |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **occur** | gerund | anger *not said here* |  |  | bereavement |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bereavement=Location |

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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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It is permissible only when directed at medical staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e1:o1:1
# text = It is permissible only when directed at medical staff
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **direct** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is an abnormal reaction requiring punishment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e1:o2:1
# text = It is an abnormal reaction requiring punishment
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	abnormal	abnormal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a abnormal reaction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | a abnormal reaction *not said here* | punishment |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme punishment=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is confined to persons without religious faith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e1:o3:1
# text = It is confined to persons without religious faith
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	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | present · passive |  | It | persons |  |  | without religious faith | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to person=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is a normal component of grief, provided it is expressed without harm to others

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e1:o4:1
# text = It is a normal component of grief, provided it is expressed without harm to others
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	component	component	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a normal component |  |  |  | of grief | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | past | a normal component *not said here* | component |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme |
| 3 | **express** | present · passive |  | a normal component | others |  |  | without harm | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to other=Recipient |

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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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