Exam question 3 · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning mourning customs observed by many Hindu families.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, concern, observe · To what, where: response, mourning customs

This is exam question 3 of lesson 61 «When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 customs	case
10	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 customs	compound
11	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	nmod
12	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 customs	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 families	case
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 families	amod
15	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 families	amod
16	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 observed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	observe	participle		mourning customs not said here	by many Hindu families	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Prayers and gatherings at home for approximately thirteen days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 gatherings	cc
3	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Prayers	conj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prayers	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 days	case
7	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	8 thirteen	advmod
8	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 home	nmod

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

Option 2

Abstention from any form of prayer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 form	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abstention	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 prayer	case
6	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form			prayer					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The immediate resumption of ordinary affairs without observance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 resumption	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 resumption	amod
3	resumption	resumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 affairs	case
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 affairs	amod
6	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 resumption	nmod
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 observance	case
8	observance	observance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affairs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resume			ordinary affairs without observance					nom resumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Burial of the deceased within a single hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 deceased	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deceased	det
4	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Burial	acl
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 hour	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hour	amod
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deceased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle		Burial not said here			hour		vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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