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description: Identify the conduct most consistent with the matters taught in respect of a classmate who has lost a parent. Exam question 2 of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 2 · Life and death: putting it all together

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Identify the conduct most consistent with the matters taught in respect of a classmate who has lost a parent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, matters, classmate · **What happens:** identify, teach, lose, respect · **To what, where:** conduct, respect, parent, classmate

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:e2:1
# text = Identify the conduct most consistent with the matters taught in respect of a classmate who has lost a parent.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 conduct |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the matters |  |  | respect of a classmate |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lose** | present · perfect | a classmate | a parent |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | a classmate |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Avoidance of the classmate until the grief has passed entirely and he is cheerful again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:e2:o1:1
# text = Avoidance of the classmate until the grief has passed entirely and he is cheerful again
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect | Avoidance of the classmate until the grief |  |  |  | again | entirely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Avoidance |  |  |  |  | cheerful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **avoid** |  |  | the classmate until the grief |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Detailed enquiry into the circumstances of the death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:e2:o2:1
# text = Detailed enquiry into the circumstances of the death
1	Detailed	detailed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	enquiry	enquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Assurance that the loss will shortly be forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:e2:o3:1
# text = Assurance that the loss will shortly be forgotten
1	Assurance	assurance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | future · passive |  | the loss |  |  |  | shortly *property* | tree rules |

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

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A brief expression of sympathy followed by ordinary friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:e2:o4:1
# text = A brief expression of sympathy followed by ordinary friendship
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle |  | a brief expression of sympathy *not said here* |  |  |  | by ordinary friendship | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by friendship=Location |

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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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