Test 8 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

Why is it important to be quiet at a funeral?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: funeral

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 important	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 important	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 important	expl
4	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 quiet	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 quiet	cop
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 important	csubj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 funeral	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 funeral	det
10	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quiet	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 important	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						important property	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive				a funeral		quiet property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

People are sad and need respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sad	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 need	cc
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	conj
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	People					sad property	tree rules
2	need	present	People not said here	respect					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot respect=Theme

Option 2

Funerals are always held in libraries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Funerals	funeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 held	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 held	advmod
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 libraries	case
6	libraries	library	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		Funerals		libraries		always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in library=Location

Option 3

Noise is against the law there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 law	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 law	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 law	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Noise			there		against the law	tree rules

Option 4

The service is recorded for television

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 service	det
2	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recorded	aux:pass
4	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 television	case
6	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		the service				for television	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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