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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice? Exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hospice · **What happens:** follow, characteris, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» 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/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a hospice?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hospice	hospice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  | the purpose of a hospice |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | a hospice |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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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The training of surgeons in new procedures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:e1:o1:1
# text = The training of surgeons in new procedures
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	surgeons	surgeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	procedures	procedure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** |  |  | surgeons in new procedures |  |  |  |  | nom training «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The treatment of minor injuries sustained in sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:e1:o2:1
# text = The treatment of minor injuries sustained in sport
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | participle |  | minor injuries *not said here* |  | sport |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **treat** |  |  | minor injuries |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The care and comfort of persons who are dying, that they may live as well as possible

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:e1:o3:1
# text = The care and comfort of persons who are dying, that they may live as well as possible
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	comfort	comfort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
15	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	18	cc	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	fixed	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
18	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present · progressive | persons |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **live** | may | persons *= person* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **comfort** |  |  | persons |  |  |  |  | nom comfort «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The accommodation of travellers upon holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:e1:o4:1
# text = The accommodation of travellers upon holiday
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accommodate** |  |  | travellers |  |  |  | upon holiday | nom accommodation «event transitive»: of=patient upon=obl |

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