Exam question 2 · pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a…

What did the clergyman conclude the congregation must do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clergyman, congregation · What happens: conclude, do

This is exam question 2 of lesson 969 «pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a sand-buried church where the dead hold his wedding» of the books 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 conclude	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 conclude	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clergyman	det
4	clergyman	clergyman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conclude	nsubj
5	conclude	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 congregation	det
7	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 do	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 conclude	ccomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 conclude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	past · do-support	the clergyman						tree rules
2	do	must	the congregation						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Build a new church somewhere else away from the sand and the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 church	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 church	amod
4	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Build	obj
5	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Build	advmod
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 somewhere	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Build	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 sand	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sand	det
10	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Build	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sea	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	imperative	you not said here	a new church		the sand and the sea		away, somewhere property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset church=Product from sand=Material

Option 2

Bury the dead and pray in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bury	bury	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dead	det
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Bury	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pray	cc
5	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Bury	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 town	case
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pray	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	imperative	you not said here	the dead					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme
2	pray	present	you not said here			town			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Build a new church elsewhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 church	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 church	amod
4	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Build	obj
5	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	1 Build	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	imperative	you not said here	a new church				elsewhere property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset church=Product

Option 4

Move the congregation inland now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 congregation	det
3	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Move	obj
4	inland	inland	ADV	_	1 Move	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	imperative	you not said here	the congregation			now	inland property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent congregation=Theme

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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