Exam question 3 · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

Ascertain the signification of the words «ashes to ashes, dust to dust» as pronounced at a Christian committal.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, pronounce, signify · To what, where: signification, Christian committal, words

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signification	det
3	signification	signification	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 words	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 words	det
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 signification	nmod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 ashes	punct
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 words	appos
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 ashes	case
10	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ashes	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dust	punct
12	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signification	appos
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 dust	case
14	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dust	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 dust	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 pronounced	mark
17	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
18	at	at	ADP	_	21 committal	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 committal	det
20	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 committal	amod
21	committal	committal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pronounced	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the signification of the words		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic
2	pronounce	participle	you not said here		a Christian committal	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	signify			the words		nom signification «communication transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That the remains are to be scattered at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 scattered	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 remains	det
3	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 scattered	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scattered	aux:pass
5	to	to	PART	_	7 scattered	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 scattered	aux:pass
7	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	present · passive		That		sea			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at sea=Destination

Option 2

That the funeral rites are hereby concluded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 the	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rites	det
3	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rites	compound
4	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 concluded	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 concluded	aux:pass
6	hereby	hereby	ADV	_	7 concluded	advmod
7	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present · passive		the funeral rites				hereby property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

That the deceased is hereby condemned to perdition for his sins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 condemned	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 deceased	det
3	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 That	acl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 condemned	aux:pass
5	hereby	hereby	ADV	_	6 condemned	advmod
6	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 perdition	case
8	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 condemned	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 sins	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sins	nmod:poss
11	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 condemned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	condemn	present · passive		That				to perdition; for his sins; hereby property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for sin=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That the body returns to the earth, in hope of resurrection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 returns	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 body	det
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returns	nsubj
4	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 earth	det
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returns	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hope	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 hope	case
10	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 returns	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 resurrection	case
12	resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hope	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present	That			hope of resurrection		to the earth result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result
2	hope		resurrection						nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

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