Exam question 1 · Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembranc…
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the observance of sorokovyny?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, observe · To what, where: observance, sorokovyny
This is exam question 1 of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 characterises | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 statements | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 statements | det |
| 4 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 statements | amod |
| 5 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 characterises | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 accurately | advmod |
| 7 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 8 characterises | advmod |
| 8 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 observance | det |
| 10 | observance | observance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 sorokovyny | case |
| 12 | sorokovyny | sorokovyny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 observance | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the observance of sorokovyny | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | observe | sorokovyny | nom observance «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 · ✓ the right answer
A memorial observance on the fortieth day following a death, comprising prayer and a shared meal
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 observance | det |
| 2 | memorial | memorial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 observance | amod |
| 3 | observance | observance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 prayer | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 6 | fortieth | fortieth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 observance | nmod |
| 8 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 day | acl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 death | det |
| 10 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 following | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 comprising | punct |
| 12 | comprising | comprise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 prayer | amod |
| 13 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 meal | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 meal | det |
| 16 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 meal | amod |
| 17 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 prayer | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | the fortieth day not said here | a death | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme | ||||
| 2 | comprise | gerund | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | share | participle | tree rules |
Option 2
A festival marking the harvest of wheat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 festival | det |
| 2 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | marking | mark | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 festival | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 harvest | det |
| 5 | harvest | harvest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 marking | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 wheat | case |
| 7 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harvest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | gerund | a festival not said here | the harvest of wheat | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent harvest=Destination |
Option 3
A celebration held forty days before a wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 celebration | det |
| 2 | celebration | celebration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 celebration | acl |
| 4 | forty | forty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 days | nummod |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 held | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 wedding | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wedding | det |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | participle | a celebration not said here | a wedding | day | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before wedding=Location |
Option 4
A ceremony for the reading of a will
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ceremony | det |
| 2 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 will | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 reading | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reading | det |
| 5 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ceremony | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 a | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reading | nmod |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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