Exam question 3 · The church funeral

Select the response consistent with the established conventions concerning the attendance of persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established conventions · What happens: select, establish, concern, attend · To what, where: response, attendance, persons

This is exam question 3 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	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 conventions	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 conventions	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 conventions	amod
8	conventions	convention	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 conventions	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 attendance	det
11	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 persons	case
13	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attendance	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 faiths	case
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 faiths	amod
16	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 persons	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 funeral	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 funeral	det
19	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 funeral	amod
20	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 faiths	nmod
21	.	.	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	the established conventions not said here	the attendance of persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attendance=Experiencer
4	attend			persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral		nom attendance «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

They are required to depart before the prayers commence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 depart	mark
5	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 commence	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prayers	det
8	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 commence	nsubj
9	commence	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 depart	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	present · passive		They	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	depart	to-infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	commence	present	the prayers		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

They are excluded from attendance at the service by church law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 excluded	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 excluded	aux:pass
3	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 attendance	case
5	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 excluded	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 service	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 service	det
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 excluded	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 law	case
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 law	compound
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present · passive	church law	They		attendance		at the service	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary from attendance=Eventuality

Option 3

They are required to recite all of the Christian prayers aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 recite	mark
5	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 recite	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 prayers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prayers	det
9	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 prayers	amod
10	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 all	nmod
11	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	5 recite	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		They					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	recite	to-infinitive		all				aloud property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They may attend and remain respectfully silent during prayers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attend	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 attend	aux
3	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 remain	cc
5	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 attend	conj
6	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	_	7 silent	advmod
7	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remain	xcomp
8	during	during	ADP	_	9 prayers	case
9	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	may	They				during prayers		vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	remain	infinitive	They not said here					silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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