Exam question 1 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the purpose of a memory box?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: memory box · What happens: follow, characteris, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» 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 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 box	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 box	det
13	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 box	compound
14	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of a memory box	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	purpose		a memory box			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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

It is a receptacle in which correspondence is dispatched to the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 receptacle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 receptacle	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 receptacle	det
4	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 dispatched	obl
7	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dispatched	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dispatched	aux:pass
9	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 receptacle	acl:relcl
10	to	to	SCONJ	_	12 deceased	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 deceased	det
12	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 dispatched	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a receptacle		tree rules
2	dispatch	present · passive		correspondence	a receptacle	tree rules
3	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It is required to be interred together with the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 interred	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 interred	aux:pass
6	interred	inter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 required	xcomp
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 interred	advmod
8	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 deceased	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 deceased	det
10	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 interred	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive	It		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	inter	to-infinitive · passive		together property	tree rules
3	decease	participle			vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It is intended to prevent the bereaved from remembering the deceased

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 intended	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 intended	aux:pass
3	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 prevent	mark
5	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 intended	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bereaved	det
7	bereaved	bereave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 prevent	obj
8	from	from	SCONJ	_	9 remembering	mark
9	remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 prevent	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 deceased	det
11	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 remembering	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	intend	present · passive	It	tree rules
2	prevent not said to happen	to-infinitive		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	bereave	participle		vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	remember	gerund		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	decease	participle		vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It preserves objects associated with a deceased person so that they may be remembered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 preserves	nsubj
2	preserves	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 preserves	obj
4	associated	associate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 objects	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 person	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
7	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 person	amod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 associated	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 remembered	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 remembered	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 remembered	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 remembered	aux:pass
14	remembered	remember	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 preserves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	preserve	present	It	objects		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Beneficiary
2	associate	participle		objects not said here	with a deceased person	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with person=Co-Patient
3	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	remember	may · passive		objects = object		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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