Exam question 2 · Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave

Identify the principal purpose of a wake held subsequent to a funeral.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wake · What happens: identify, hold, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, wake

This is exam question 2 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 wake	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wake	det
7	wake	wake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wake	acl
9	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 held	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 funeral	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 funeral	det
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 subsequent	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of a wake		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	hold	participle		a wake not said here	subsequent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	purpose		a wake			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 celebration of the death of the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 celebration	det
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 death	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 death	det
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebration	nmod
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 deceased	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 death	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle		the death not said here					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	celebrate			the death					nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The division of the estate of the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 division	det
2	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 estate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 estate	det
5	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 division	nmod
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 deceased	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 estate	acl

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The gathering of the bereaved for mutual comfort, refreshment and remembrance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gathering	det
2	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 bereaved	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bereaved	det
5	bereaved	bereave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gathering	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 comfort	case
7	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 comfort	amod
8	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bereaved	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 refreshment	punct
10	refreshment	refreshment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comfort	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 remembrance	cc
12	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comfort	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bereave	participle		the gathering not said here				for mutual comfort and refreshment and remembrance	vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The appointment of a successor to the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 appointment	det
2	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 successor	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 successor	det
5	successor	successor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 appointment	nmod
6	to	to	SCONJ	_	8 deceased	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 successor	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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