Exam question 4 · Funerals and remembering

It is given that a plaque reading "In loving memory of" has been affixed to a public bench. Determine the purpose of the said bench.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: plaque, you, said bench · What happens: give, read, affix, determine, say, purpose · To what, where: It, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» of the adult life 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.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that a plaque reading "In loving memory of" has been affixed to a public bench.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 plaque	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plaque	det
6	plaque	plaque	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	xcomp
7	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 plaque	acl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 memory	punct
9	In	in	ADP	_	11 memory	case
10	loving	loving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 memory	amod
11	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reading	conj
12	of	of	SCONJ	_	16 affixed	mark
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 affixed	punct
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 affixed	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 affixed	aux:pass
16	affixed	affix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 memory	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 bench	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 bench	det
19	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 bench	amod
20	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 affixed	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	read	gerund	a plaque not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	affix	present · perfect · passive	a plaque not said here		to a public bench	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: to bench=Co-Patient

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the purpose of the said bench.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 bench	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bench	det
6	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bench	amod
7	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of the said bench	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	say speech: assert	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		the said bench		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To mark the location at which the deceased is buried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mark	mark
2	mark	mark	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 location	det
4	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 buried	nsubj:pass
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 deceased	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 location	acl:relcl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 buried	aux:pass
10	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mark	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mark	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	decease	participle		the location	vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	bury	present · passive	the location		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

To reserve the seat exclusively for members of the deceased's family and their guests

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reserve	mark
2	reserve	reserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seat	det
4	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reserve	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 reserve	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 members	case
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reserve	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 family	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 family	det
10	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 family	amod
11	's	's	PART	_	10 deceased	case
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 guests	cc
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 guests	nmod:poss
15	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 family	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	to-infinitive		the seat				for members of the deceased family and family's guests; exclusively property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent seat=Theme for member=Beneficiary
2	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To commemorate a deceased person, while remaining available for public use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 commemorate	mark
2	commemorate	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commemorate	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 remaining	punct
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 remaining	mark
8	remaining	remain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 commemorate	advcl
9	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 remaining	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 use	case
11	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 use	amod
12	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 remaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	commemorate	to-infinitive	a deceased person		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	decease	participle			vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	remain	gerund		for public use; available property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To indicate that the bench is the property of a church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 property	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bench	det
5	bench	bench	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 property	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 property	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 property	det
8	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 church	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 church	det
11	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 property	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive							vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	present	the bench	the property				of a church	tree rules

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