Exam question 2 · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an…

Identify the principal activity undertaken by Chinese families during the Qingming festival.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 65 «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more» 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 activity	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 activity	amod
4	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 activity	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 families	case
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 families	amod
8	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 undertaken	obl
9	during	during	ADP	_	12 festival	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 festival	det
11	Qingming	Qingming	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 festival	compound
12	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaken	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal activity					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent activity=Theme
2	undertake	participle		the principal activity not said here			during the Qingming festival	by Chinese families	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 relocation of graves to new cemeteries beyond the boundaries of the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relocation	det
2	relocation	relocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 graves	case
4	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 relocation	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cemeteries	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cemeteries	amod
7	cemeteries	cemetery	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 graves	nmod
8	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	10 boundaries	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boundaries	det
10	boundaries	boundary	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cemeteries	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 city	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 city	det
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boundaries	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relocate			graves to new cemeteries beyond the boundaries of the city					nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The construction of new dwellings for the living

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 dwellings	case
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dwellings	amod
5	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 construction	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 living	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 living	det
8	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dwellings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct			new dwellings for the living					nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The cleaning of ancestral graves and the offering of food and flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cleaning	det
2	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 graves	case
4	ancestral	ancestral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 graves	amod
5	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cleaning	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 offering	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 offering	det
8	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 graves	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offering	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flowers	cc
12	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 graves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean		ancestral graves and the offering of food and flowers						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent
2	offer			food					nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The burning of genuine currency for amusement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 burning	det
2	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 currency	case
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 currency	amod
5	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burning	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 amusement	case
7	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 currency	nmod

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

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