Test 7 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days
The vicar announces, very formally: «On All Souls' Day we shall read aloud the names of those departed this year.» Why?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: vicar, we · What happens: announce, read, depart, name · To what, where: names, those · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» 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: The vicar announces, very formally: «On All Souls' Day we shall read aloud the names of those departed this year.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vicar | det |
| 2 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 announces | nsubj |
| 3 | announces | announce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 formally | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 formally | advmod |
| 6 | formally | formally | ADV | _ | 3 announces | advmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 announces | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 read | punct |
| 9 | On | on | ADP | _ | 13 Day | case |
| 10 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 Souls | det |
| 11 | Souls | Soul | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 Day | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 11 Souls | case |
| 13 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 read | obl |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 read | nsubj |
| 15 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 read | aux |
| 16 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 announces | parataxis |
| 17 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 16 read | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 names | det |
| 19 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 read | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 those | case |
| 21 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 19 names | nmod |
| 22 | departed | depart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 those | acl |
| 23 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 year | det |
| 24 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 departed | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 read | punct |
| 26 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 read | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | announce speech: other | present | the vicar | formally property | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | read in a quote | shall | we | the names of those | on all Souls's Day | aloud property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | ||
| 3 | depart in a quote | participle | year | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | name in a quote | those | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
To punish families who forgot to come
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 punish | mark |
| 2 | punish | punish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 punish | obj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 forgot | nsubj |
| 5 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 families | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 come | mark |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 forgot | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | to-infinitive | families | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient | |||||
| 2 | forget | past | families | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not come | to-infinitive | families not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
To check that nobody is missing from church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 check | mark |
| 2 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 missing | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 missing | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 missing | cop |
| 6 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 check | ccomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 missing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | to-infinitive | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | nobody | church | missing property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To remember them before God on a special day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 remember | mark |
| 2 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 remember | obj |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 5 God | case |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 remember | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 remember | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | to-infinitive | them = they | before God; day | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
To decide who goes to heaven this year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 decide | mark |
| 2 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 decide | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 heaven | case |
| 6 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | to-infinitive | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | go | present | heaven | year | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial_Location |
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