Exam question 4 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

Whereas festivals and anniversaries frequently renew grief, ascertain which practice is commonly observed by bereaved families.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bereaved families · What happens: renew, ascertain, observe · To what, where: grief, practice

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	2 festivals	case
2	festivals	festival	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 renew	obl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 anniversaries	cc
4	anniversaries	anniversary	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 festivals	conj
5	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	6 renew	advmod
6	renew	renew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 renew	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 renew	conj
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 practice	det
11	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 observed	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 observed	aux:pass
13	commonly	commonly	ADV	_	14 observed	advmod
14	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ascertain	parataxis
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 families	case
16	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 families	amod
17	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 observed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 renew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	renew	present		grief	whereas festivals and anniversaries; frequently property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent grief=Patient
2	ascertain	present				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	observe	present · passive	bereaved families	which practice	commonly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

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 cancellation of all festivals for a period of ten years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cancellation	det
2	cancellation	cancellation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 festivals	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 festivals	det
5	festivals	festival	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cancellation	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 period	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 period	det
8	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 festivals	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 years	case
10	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel			all festivals for a period of ten years					nom cancellation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The removal of every photograph from the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 removal	det
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 photograph	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 photograph	det
5	photograph	photograph	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 household	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 household	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 photograph	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			every photograph from the household					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The prohibition of all mention of the deceased

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	_	5 mention	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 mention	det
5	mention	mention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibition	nmod
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 deceased	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deceased	det
8	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mention	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle		all mention not said here					vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	prohibit			all mention					nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The lighting of candles, prayers, or the setting of an empty place in remembrance

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lighting	det
2	lighting	lighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 candles	case
4	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lighting	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 prayers	punct
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 candles	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 setting	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 setting	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 setting	det
10	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 candles	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 place	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 place	det
13	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 place	amod
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 setting	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 remembrance	case
16	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	nmod

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

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