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title: Whereas a child expresses fear of dying, ascertain the response most… — Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a child expresses fear of dying, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught. Exam question 4 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 the questio
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# Exam question 4 · Bedtime fears: «Will you die, Mum?» and «Will I die?»

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Whereas a child expresses fear of dying, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fear, matters · **What happens:** express, die, ascertain, teach · **To what, where:** fear, response

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e4:1
# text = Whereas a child expresses fear of dying, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	expresses	express	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
14	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present |  | fear |  |  |  | whereas a child | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | gerund | fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **ascertain** | infinitive |  | the response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the matters |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An instruction that such fear is forbidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e4:o1:1
# text = An instruction that such fear is forbidden
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | a instruction *not said here* | such fear |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An honest and gentle answer, given with reassurance and affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e4:o2:1
# text = An honest and gentle answer, given with reassurance and affection
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	reassurance	reassurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | a honest answer *not said here* |  |  |  | with reassurance and affection | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A detailed account of the causes of death, so that the child is fully informed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e4:o3:1
# text = A detailed account of the causes of death, so that the child is fully informed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	detailed	detailed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	causes	cause	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present · passive | a detailed account of the causes of death *not said here* | the child |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | the causes of death |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Refusal to discuss the matter on any occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die:e4:o4:1
# text = Refusal to discuss the matter on any occasion
1	Refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	discuss	discuss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discuss** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Refusal | the matter |  | any occasion |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic |

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