Exam question 1 · The church funeral
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purposes of a Christian funeral service?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Christian funeral service · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purposes
This is exam question 1 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» 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 purposes | det |
| 10 | purposes | purpose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 service | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 service | det |
| 13 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 service | amod |
| 14 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 service | compound |
| 15 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 purposes | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the purposes of a Christian funeral service | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | purpose | a Christian funeral service | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 public recital of the faults of the deceased
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 recital | det |
| 2 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 recital | amod |
| 3 | recital | recital | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 faults | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 faults | det |
| 6 | faults | fault | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 recital | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 deceased | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 deceased | det |
| 9 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 faults | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decease | participle | the faults not said here | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | recite | the faults | nom recital «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
The restoration of the deceased to life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 restoration | det |
| 2 | restoration | restoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 deceased | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 deceased | det |
| 5 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 restoration | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deceased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decease | participle | the restoration not said here | to life | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The giving of thanks for a life, the comfort of the bereaved and the commendation of the deceased to God
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 giving | det |
| 2 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 thanks | case |
| 4 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 giving | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 life | det |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thanks | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 comfort | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 comfort | det |
| 10 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 giving | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 commendation | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 commendation | det |
| 13 | bereaved | bereave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 commendation | amod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 commendation | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 commendation | det |
| 16 | commendation | commendation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 comfort | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 God | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 God | det |
| 19 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 God | amod |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 God | case |
| 21 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 commendation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | the comfort of the bereaved commendation of the deceased God | of thanks for a life | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bereave | participle | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | decease | participle | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | comfort | the bereaved commendation of the deceased God | nom comfort «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | commend | the deceased God | nom commendation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
The determination of the inheritance of the deceased's estate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 determination | det |
| 2 | determination | determination | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 inheritance | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 inheritance | det |
| 5 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 determination | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 estate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 estate | det |
| 8 | deceased | decease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 estate | amod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 deceased | case |
| 10 | estate | estate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 inheritance | nmod |
| # | 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 | determine | the inheritance of the deceased estate | nom determination «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 3 | inherit | the deceased estate | nom inheritance «act transitive»: of=patient |
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