Exam question 3 · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Jewish observance of shiva.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, observe · To what, where: response, Jewish observance, shiva

This is exam question 3 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	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	12 observance	det
11	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 observance	amod
12	observance	observance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 shiva	case
14	shiva	shiva	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 observance	nmod
15	.	.	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 Jewish observance of shiva		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus observance=Experiencer
4	observe			shiva		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 immediate resumption of ordinary affairs following burial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 resumption	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 resumption	amod
3	resumption	resumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 affairs	case
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 affairs	amod
6	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 resumption	nmod
7	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 burial	amod
8	burial	burial	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affairs	conj

#	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	resume			ordinary affairs and following burial					nom resumption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A week of mourning observed at home, during which visitors bring food and comfort

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 week	det
2	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obl:unmarked
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 mourning	case
4	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 week	nmod
5	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mourning	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bring	punct
9	during	during	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 bring	obl
11	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bring	nsubj
12	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bring	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 comfort	cc
15	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		mourning not said here		home			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	bring	present	visitors	food and comfort			week		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 3

The recitation of prayers solely by the rabbi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 recitation	det
2	recitation	recitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 prayers	case
4	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recitation	nmod
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	8 rabbi	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 rabbi	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rabbi	det
8	rabbi	rabbi	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recitation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite		the rabbi	prayers					nom recitation «communication transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 4

A festival of lights observed in winter

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	of	of	ADP	_	4 lights	case
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 festival	nmod
5	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lights	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		lights not said here			winter		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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