Exam question 4 · The church funeral

Ascertain the function of the persons designated «pallbearers».

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, function · What happens: ascertain, designate · To what, where: pallbearers

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 function	det
3	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 designated	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 persons	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 persons	det
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 function	nmod
7	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	parataxis
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 pallbearers	punct
9	pallbearers	pallbearer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 designated	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 pallbearers	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	designate	past	the function of the persons	pallbearers					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pallbearer=Theme

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

The reading of the will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reading	det
2	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 will	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 will	det
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 reading	acl:relcl

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

Option 2

The digging of the grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 digging	det
2	digging	digging	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 grave	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grave	det
5	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digging	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig			the grave					nom digging «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The conducting of the hymns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conducting	det
2	conducting	conducting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hymns	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hymns	det
5	hymns	hymn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conducting	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct			the hymns					nom conducting «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The carrying of the coffin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 carrying	det
2	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 coffin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coffin	det
5	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund						of the coffin	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of coffin=Initial_Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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