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title: Identify the principal function of a grief counsellor. — When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of a grief counsellor. Exam question 2 of lesson 69 «When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

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Identify the principal function of a grief counsellor.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** principal function

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 69 «When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer» 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/69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function of a grief counsellor.
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	counsellor	counsellor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 function of a grief counsellor |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To compel the bereaved to forget the deceased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:e2:o1:1
# text = To compel the bereaved to forget the deceased
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	compel	compel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bereaved	bereave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result |
| 2 | **bereave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **forget** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To restore the deceased to life by consultation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:e2:o2:1
# text = To restore the deceased to life by consultation
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	restore	restore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | the deceased life |  |  |  | by consultation | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To determine the inheritance of the deceased's estate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:e2:o3:1
# text = To determine the inheritance of the deceased's estate
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | to-infinitive |  | the inheritance of the deceased estate |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=Topic |
| 2 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **inherit** |  |  | the deceased estate |  |  |  |  | nom inheritance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To assist bereaved persons in coping with powerful emotions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:e2:o4:1
# text = To assist bereaved persons in coping with powerful emotions
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	assist	assist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	coping	cope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	emotions	emotion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assist** | to-infinitive |  |  | bereaved persons |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **cope** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with powerful emotions | vn cope-83-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with emotion=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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