Exam question 3 · Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the abbreviation «RIP».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, origin

This is exam question 3 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	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 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 abbreviation	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 abbreviation	det
14	abbreviation	abbreviation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 RIP	punct
16	RIP	rip	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 abbreviation	appos
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 RIP	punct
18	.	.	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 facts not said here	the origin of the abbreviation		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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

It derives from an Old English oath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	7 oath	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 oath	det
5	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 oath	amod
6	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 oath	amod
7	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			a Old English oath			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from oath=Material

Option 2

It derives from a modern electronic messaging convention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	8 convention	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 convention	det
5	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 convention	amod
6	electronic	electronic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 convention	amod
7	messaging	message	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 convention	amod
8	convention	convention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			a modern electronic messaging convention			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from convention=Material
2	message	gerund							tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It derives from the Latin prayer «Requiescat in pace»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 prayer	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prayer	det
5	Latin	Latin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 prayer	amod
6	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Requiescat	punct
8	Requiescat	requiescat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prayer	appos
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 pace	case
10	pace	pace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Requiescat	nmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Requiescat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the Latin prayer			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from prayer=Material

Option 4

It derives from an expression of the gravediggers' guild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 expression	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 expression	det
5	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 guild	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gravediggers	det
8	gravediggers	gravedigger	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 guild	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 gravediggers	case
10	guild	guild	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expression	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			a expression of the gravediggers's guild			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from expression=Material

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