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title: Identify the principal reason for which a child who was absent at th… — Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a child who was absent at the moment of a relative's death bears no fault for that death. Exam question 2 of lesson 67 «Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

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Identify the principal reason for which a child who was absent at the moment of a relative's death bears no fault for that death.

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

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a child who was absent at the moment of a relative's death bears no fault for that 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	8	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
21	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	22	det	_	_
22	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	det	_	_
25	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	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 and a child |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | a child |  |  |  | moment | absent *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 {#o1}

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The child was absent for a sufficiently long period of time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e2:o1:1
# text = The child was absent for a sufficiently long period of time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the child |  |  |  |  | for a long period of time; absent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The relative had expressly forbidden the child's attendance at the bedside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e2:o2:1
# text = The relative had expressly forbidden the child's attendance at the bedside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	expressly	expressly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bedside	bedside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past · perfect · passive |  | the relative |  | the bedside |  | expressly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **attend** |  | the child |  |  |  |  |  | nom attendance «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Death frequently occurs unexpectedly, and absence does not occasion it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e2:o3:1
# text = Death frequently occurs unexpectedly, and absence does not occasion it
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unexpectedly	unexpectedly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	occasion	occasion	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | Death |  |  |  |  | frequently, unexpectedly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **occasion** | present · do-support | absence | Death |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only adults are capable of causing such events to occur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:e2:o4:1
# text = Only adults are capable of causing such events to occur
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | adults |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | gerund | adults *not said here* | such events |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **occur** | to-infinitive | such events *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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