Exam question 4 · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an…

Ascertain the feature common to the customs of mourning described in this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, describe · To what, where: feature, mourning, lesson

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 feature	det
3	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 customs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 customs	det
7	customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 common	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 mourning	case
9	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 customs	nmod
10	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 mourning	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 lesson	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 described	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the feature				common property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Topic
2	describe	participle		mourning not said here		this lesson			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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 right answer

The remembrance of the dead and the gathering of the living in love and respect

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remembrance	det
2	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 dead	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dead	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remembrance	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gathering	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gathering	det
8	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembrance	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 living	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 living	det
11	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gathering	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 love	case
13	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 living	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 respect	cc
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 living	conj

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

Option 2

The cremation of the deceased in every tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 3

The prohibition of food and music in every tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 music	cc
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 food	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 tradition	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 tradition	det
9	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit			food and music		every tradition			nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place

Option 4

The use of an identical form of words in every tradition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 use	det
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 form	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 form	det
5	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 words	case
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 form	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 tradition	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 tradition	det
11	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use			a identical form of words in every tradition					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient
2	form			words in every tradition					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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