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Test 9 · ★★ · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an…

Priya's mate from Delhi says, «My nani's funeral, the eldest son lit the fire, it is what it is, na?» («Nani» means «Granny».) What is true about the eldest son?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, funeral, Nani · What happens: say, light, be, mean · To what, where: fire, Granny · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 65 «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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

Sentence 1: Priya's mate from Delhi says, «My nani's funeral, the eldest son lit the fire, it is what it is, na?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Priya	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Delhi	case
5	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 lit	punct
9	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 funeral	nmod:poss
10	nani	nani	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 funeral	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 nani	case
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lit	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lit	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 son	det
15	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 son	amod
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lit	nsubj
17	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fire	det
19	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lit	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 what	punct
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 what	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 what	cop
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 lit	parataxis
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 is	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 what	cop
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 na	punct
27	na	na	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 what	nsubj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Priya's mate from Delhi						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	light in a quote	past	My funeral	the fire					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
3	is a in a quote	present	funeral						tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: («Nani» means «Granny».)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 Nani	punct
3	Nani	Nani	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 Nani	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 Granny	punct
7	Granny	Granny	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 Granny	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nani	Granny					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent granny=Topic

Sentence 3: What is true about the eldest son?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 son	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 son	det
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 son	amod
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the eldest son; true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He lights the fire to keep the family warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lights	nsubj
2	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lights	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lights	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	present	He	the fire					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product
2	keep	to-infinitive	He not said here	the family				warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Tradition gives him this role; today daughters sometimes do it too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	iobj
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 role	det
5	role	role	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
7	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 daughters	compound
8	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 do	nsubj
9	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 do	advmod
10	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gives	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 do	obj
12	too	too	ADV	_	10 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Tradition	this role	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient role=Theme
2	do	present	today daughters	role				sometimes property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

The eldest son must pay for everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 son	det
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 son	amod
3	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pay	aux
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 everything	case
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	must	the eldest son					for everything	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for everything=Theme

Option 4

Only sons may ever attend a Hindu funeral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 sons	advmod
2	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attend	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 attend	aux
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 attend	advmod
5	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 funeral	det
7	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 funeral	amod
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	may	sons	a Hindu funeral			ever		vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme funeral=Goal

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