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description: Identify the principal reason for which a grandparent may discuss the disposition of his possessions after death. Exam question 2 of lesson 70 «Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

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Identify the principal reason for which a grandparent may discuss the disposition of his possessions after death.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, grandparent · **What happens:** identify, discuss, possess · **To what, where:** principal reason, disposition

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 70 «Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»» 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/70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a grandparent may discuss the disposition of his possessions after 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	10	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grandparent	grandparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	discuss	discuss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	disposition	disposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **discuss** *speech: other* | may | a grandparent | the disposition of grandparent's possessions after death |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disposition=Topic |
| 3 | **possess** |  | grandparent |  |  |  | after death |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent after=obl |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Prudent planning, which does not indicate that death is imminent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e2:o1:1
# text = Prudent planning, which does not indicate that death is imminent
1	Prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	imminent	imminent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **indicate** | present · do-support | Prudent planning |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | present | death |  |  |  |  | imminent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Certain knowledge that death will occur within days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e2:o2:1
# text = Certain knowledge that death will occur within days
1	Certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | future | Certain knowledge |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A legal requirement imposed upon all grandparents annually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e2:o3:1
# text = A legal requirement imposed upon all grandparents annually
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	annually	annually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | participle |  | a legal requirement *not said here* |  |  |  | upon all grandparents; annually *property* | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wish to cause distress to the grandchildren

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e2:o4:1
# text = A wish to cause distress to the grandchildren
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grandchildren	grandchild	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | to-infinitive |  | distress |  |  |  | to the grandchildren | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition distress=Patient |

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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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