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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.»

detnsubjpunctadvmodadvmodpunctpunctcasedetnmod:posscaseoblnsubjauxparataxisadvmoddetobjcasenmodacldetobl:unmarkedpunctpunctrootTheDETvicarNOUNannouncesVERB,PUNCTveryADVformallyADV:PUNCT«PUNCTOnADPAllDETSoulsPROPN'PARTDayPROPNwePRONshallAUXreadVERBaloudADVtheDETnamesNOUNofADPthosePRONdepartedVERBthisDETyearNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 vicardet
2vicarvicarNOUNNumber=Sing3 announcesnsubj
3announcesannounceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 formallypunct
5veryveryADV_6 formallyadvmod
6formallyformallyADV_3 announcesadvmod
7::PUNCT_3 announcespunct
8««PUNCT_16 readpunct
9OnonADP_13 Daycase
10AllallDETPronType=Tot11 Soulsdet
11SoulsSoulPROPNNumber=Plur13 Daynmod:poss
12''sPART_11 Soulscase
13DayDayPROPNNumber=Sing16 readobl
14wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs16 readnsubj
15shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin16 readaux
16readreadVERBVerbForm=Inf3 announcesparataxis
17aloudaloudADV_16 readadvmod
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 namesdet
19namesnameNOUNNumber=Plur16 readobj
20ofofADP_21 thosecase
21thosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem19 namesnmod
22departeddepartVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 thoseacl
23thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem24 yeardet
24yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing22 departedobl:unmarked
25..PUNCT_16 readpunct
26»»PUNCT_16 readpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1announce speech: otherpresentthe vicarformally propertyvn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2read in a quoteshallwethe names of thoseon all Souls's Dayaloud propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
3depart in a quoteparticipleyearvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4name in a quotethosenom 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?

punctrootWhyADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Introotroot
2??PUNCT_1 Whypunct

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

The options

Option 1

To punish families who forgot to come

markobjnsubjacl:relclmarkxcomprootToPARTpunishVERBfamiliesNOUNwhoPRONforgotVERBtoPARTcomeVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 punishmark
2punishpunishVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3familiesfamilyNOUNNumber=Plur2 punishobj
4whowhoPRONPronType=Rel5 forgotnsubj
5forgotforgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 familiesacl:relcl
6totoPART_7 comemark
7comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf5 forgotxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1punishto-infinitivefamiliesvn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient
2forgetpastfamiliestree rules
3not cometo-infinitivefamilies not said herevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To check that nobody is missing from church

markmarknsubjcopccompcaseoblrootToPARTcheckVERBthatSCONJnobodyPRONisAUXmissingADJfromADPchurchNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 checkmark
2checkcheckVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatSCONJ_6 missingmark
4nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 missingnsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 missingcop
6missingmissingADJDegree=Pos2 checkccomp
7fromfromADP_8 churchcase
8churchchurchNOUNNumber=Sing6 missingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkto-infinitivevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2ispresentnobodychurchmissing propertytree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To remember them before God on a special day

markobjcaseoblcasedetamodoblrootToPARTrememberVERBthemPRONbeforeADPGodPROPNonADPaDETspecialADJdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 remembermark
2rememberrememberVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 rememberobj
4beforebeforeADP_5 Godcase
5GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing2 rememberobl
6ononADP_9 daycase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 daydet
8specialspecialADJDegree=Pos9 dayamod
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing2 rememberobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1rememberto-infinitivethem = theybefore God; dayvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

To decide who goes to heaven this year

marknsubjccompcaseobldetobl:unmarkedrootToPARTdecideVERBwhoPRONgoesVERBtoADPheavenNOUNthisDETyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TotoPART_2 decidemark
2decidedecideVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3whowhoPRONPronType=Rel4 goesnsubj
4goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 decideccomp
5totoADP_6 heavencase
6heavenheavenNOUNNumber=Sing4 goesobl
7thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 yeardet
8yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing4 goesobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1decideto-infinitivevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2gopresentheavenyearvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial_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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