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Test 2 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

Your classmate Noor, who is Muslim, asks: «Why did they say ashes to ashes? Is that a curse?» Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmate, they · What happens: be, ask, say · To what, where: ashes, curse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» of the religion ethics 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

Sentence 1: Your classmate Noor, who is Muslim, asks: «Why did they say ashes to ashes?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 classmate	nmod:poss
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asks	nsubj
3	Noor	Noor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 classmate	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Muslim	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 Muslim	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Muslim	cop
7	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 classmate	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 classmate	punct
9	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 asks	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct
12	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 say	advmod
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 say	aux
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 say	nsubj
15	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 asks	parataxis
16	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 say	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 ashes	case
18	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 say	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Your classmate					muslim property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	Your classmate						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past · do-support	they	ashes	ashes				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ash=Topic to ash=Recipient

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: Is that a curse?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 curse	cop
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 curse	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 curse	det
4	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 curse	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 curse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a curse					tree rules

Sentence 3: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

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

The options

Option 1

It is a joke the vicar tells at funerals

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	4 joke	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vicar	det
6	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tells	nsubj
7	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	acl:relcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 funerals	case
9	funerals	funeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a joke					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	the vicar	a joke not said here		funerals			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient

Option 2

Yes, it is a curse on the person who died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 curse	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 curse	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 curse	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 curse	det
6	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 curse	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 died	nsubj
11	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 person	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a curse				on the person	tree rules
2	die	past	the person						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It means bodies return to the earth, said with hope

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 return	nsubj
4	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
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 return	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 hope	case
11	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	return	present	bodies					to the earth result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result
3	say speech: assert	past						with hope	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with hope=Manner

Option 4

It means the body is turned to gold before it is buried

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 body	det
4	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 turned	aux:pass
6	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 buried	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 buried	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 buried	aux:pass
12	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 turned	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	turn	present · passive		the body		gold			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to gold=Trajectory
3	bury	present · passive		body					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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