Exam question 3 · The church year

Ascertain the purpose originally served by the consumption of pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, serve, consume · To what, where: purpose, pancakes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	originally	originally	ADV	_	5 served	advmod
5	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 purpose	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 consumption	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 consumption	det
8	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 served	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 pancakes	case
10	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 consumption	nmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 Tuesday	case
12	Shrove	Shrove	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Tuesday	compound
13	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pancakes	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the purpose		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	serve	participle		the purpose not said here	by the consumption of pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday; originally property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	consume			pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday		nom consumption «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

The using up of rich foods prior to Lent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 using	det
2	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 using	compound:prt
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 foods	case
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 foods	amod
6	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 using	obl
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 Lent	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use up	gerund						of rich foods; prior Lent	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The celebration of the conclusion of Lent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 celebration	det
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conclusion	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conclusion	det
5	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebration	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Lent	case
7	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate			the conclusion of Lent					nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient
2	conclude			Lent					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The thanksgiving for the gathered harvest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thanksgiving	det
2	thanksgiving	thanksgiving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 harvest	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 harvest	det
5	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 harvest	amod
6	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thanksgiving	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The commemoration of the Last Supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 commemoration	det
2	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Supper	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Supper	det
5	Last	Last	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Supper	flat
6	Supper	Supper	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 commemoration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate			the Last Supper					nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient

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