Exam question 1 · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a domestic burial of a deceased pet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: domestic burial · What happens: follow, characteris, decease, purpose, bury · To what, where: purpose, deceased pet

This is exam question 1 of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 burial	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 burial	det
13	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 burial	amod
14	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 pet	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pet	det
17	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 pet	amod
18	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 burial	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of a domestic burial of a deceased pet	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	purpose		a domestic burial of a deceased pet			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
5	bury			a deceased pet		nom burial «event 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

To permit the animal's subsequent return to life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 permit	mark
2	permit	permit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 return	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 animal	case
6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 return	amod
7	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 life	case
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 permit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	to-infinitive		the animal's subsequent return				to life	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme
2	return		the animal						nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To satisfy a legal requirement imposed upon all owners of animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 satisfy	mark
2	satisfy	satisfy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 requirement	det
4	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 requirement	amod
5	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 satisfy	obj
6	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 requirement	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 owners	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 owners	det
9	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 imposed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 animals	case
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 owners	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	satisfy	to-infinitive		a legal requirement					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus requirement=Experiencer
2	impose	participle		a legal requirement not said here				upon all owners of animals	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To fulfil an obligation upon the animal itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fulfil	mark
2	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 obligation	det
4	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfil	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfil	obl
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	7 animal	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fulfil	to-infinitive		a obligation				upon the animal animal	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To afford the family an occasion for farewell and gratitude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 afford	mark
2	afford	afford	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 afford	obj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 occasion	det
6	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 afford	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 farewell	case
8	farewell	farewell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 afford	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gratitude	cc
10	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 farewell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	afford	to-infinitive		the family				for farewell and gratitude	tree rules

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