Test 2 · The church funeral

The vicar intones: «We have come here today to remember before God our brother Peter, to give thanks for his life, and to commend him to God.» What three things is the service doing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: vicar, We, three things · What happens: intone, come, remember, give, commend, do · To what, where: brother, thanks, vicar, God · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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

Sentence 1: The vicar intones: «We have come here today to remember before God our brother Peter, to give thanks for his life, and to commend him to God.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vicar	det
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 intones	nsubj
3	intones	intone	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 intones	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 come	punct
6	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 come	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
8	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 intones	parataxis
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 come	advmod
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl:unmarked
11	to	to	PART	_	12 remember	mark
12	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 come	advcl
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 God	case
14	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 remember	obl
15	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 brother	nmod:poss
16	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 remember	obj
17	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 brother	appos
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 give	punct
19	to	to	PART	_	20 give	mark
20	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 remember	conj
21	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 give	obj
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 life	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 life	nmod:poss
24	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 thanks	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 commend	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 commend	cc
27	to	to	PART	_	28 commend	mark
28	commend	commend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 give	conj
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 commend	obj
30	to	to	ADP	_	31 God	case
31	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 commend	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 intones	punct
33	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 intones	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intone	present	the vicar						tree rules
2	come in a quote	present · perfect	We			here	today		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	remember in a quote	to-infinitive	We not said here	our brother			before God		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent brother=Theme
4	give in a quote	to-infinitive	We not said here	thanks				for vicar's life	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme for life=Asset
5	commend in a quote	to-infinitive	We not said here	vicar	God				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

Sentence 2: What three things is the service doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 doing	obj
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 things	nummod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 doing	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 doing	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 service	det
6	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	nsubj
7	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	three things						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Selling Peter's house, sharing his money, closing his bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 house	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Peter	case
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Selling	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sharing	punct
6	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Selling	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 money	nmod:poss
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sharing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 closing	punct
10	closing	close	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Selling	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bank	nmod:poss
12	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 closing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	sell	gerund	Peter's house	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
2	share	gerund	Peter's money	tree rules
3	close	gerund	Peter's bank	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Remembering Peter, thanking God for his life, entrusting him to God

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Remembering	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thanking	punct
4	thanking	thank	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Remembering	conj
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 thanking	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 life	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thanking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 entrusting	punct
10	entrusting	entrust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Remembering	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 entrusting	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 God	case
13	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 entrusting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	remember	gerund	Peter			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent peter=Theme
2	thank speech: thank	gerund		God	for God's life	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent god=Theme for life=Attribute
3	entrust	gerund	Peter	God		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to god=Recipient

Option 3

Waking Peter up, thanking him, and sending him home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waking	wake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Waking	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Waking	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thanking	punct
5	thanking	thank	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Waking	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thanking	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sending	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sending	cc
9	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Waking	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sending	obj
11	home	home	ADV	_	9 sending	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	wake up	gerund	Peter			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent peter=Patient
2	thank speech: thank	gerund		Peter		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	send	gerund	Peter		home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

Judging Peter, punishing him, and burying him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Judging	judge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Judging	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 punishing	punct
4	punishing	punish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Judging	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 punishing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 burying	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 burying	cc
8	burying	bury	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Judging	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 burying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	judge	gerund	Peter	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent peter=Value
2	punish	gerund	Peter	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	bury	gerund	Peter	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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