Exam question 3 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning messages addressed to the deceased upon social media.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, address, decease · To what, where: response, concerning messages

This is exam question 3 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	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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 messages	amod
10	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	conj
11	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 messages	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	17 media	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 media	det
14	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 media	amod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 media	case
16	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 media	amod
17	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 addressed	obl
18	.	.	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	address	participle		concerning messages not said here	to the deceased social media	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=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 right answer

They are not read by the deceased but enable the living to share their affection

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 read	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 read	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 read	advmod
4	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 deceased	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 deceased	det
7	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 read	xcomp
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 enable	cc
9	enable	enable	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 read	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 living	det
11	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enable	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 share	mark
13	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 enable	xcomp
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 affection	nmod:poss
15	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not read	present · passive		They	tree rules
2	decease	participle			vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	enable	infinitive		the living	tree rules
4	share	to-infinitive	the living not said here	their affection	tree rules

Option 2

They are received by the deceased upon the anniversary of death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 received	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 received	aux:pass
3	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	9 anniversary	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 anniversary	det
6	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 anniversary	amod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 anniversary	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 anniversary	det
9	anniversary	anniversary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 received	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 death	case
11	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 anniversary	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present · passive	the deceased anniversary of death	They					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

They are prohibited by the principal religious traditions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 traditions	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 traditions	det
6	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 traditions	amod
7	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 traditions	amod
8	traditions	tradition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	the principal religious traditions	They					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 4

They cause the deceased to appear in dreams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cause	nsubj
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deceased	det
4	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cause	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 appear	mark
6	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 deceased	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 dreams	case
8	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 appear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	cause	present	They		tree rules
2	decease	participle	They not said here		tree rules
3	appear	to-infinitive	They not said here	dreams	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dream=Location

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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