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Test 3 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

The vicar says, very formally: «The congregation extends its sympathy and will hold the family in its prayers.» What is he offering?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: vicar, congregation · What happens: say, extend, hold, pray, offer · To what, where: sympathy, family, prayers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 69 «When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer» 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 says, very formally: «The congregation extends its sympathy and will hold the family in its prayers.»

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 says	nsubj
3	says	say	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 says	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 extends	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 extends	punct
9	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 congregation	det
10	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 extends	nsubj
11	extends	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sympathy	nmod:poss
13	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 extends	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hold	cc
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 hold	aux
16	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 extends	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 family	det
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hold	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 prayers	case
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 prayers	nmod:poss
21	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hold	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the vicar					formally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	extend in a quote	present	the congregation	congregation's sympathy					vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sympathy=Theme
3	hold in a quote	future	the congregation not said here	the family		congregation's prayers			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent family=Theme in prayer=Location
4	pray in a quote		congregation						nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=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.

Sentence 2: What is he offering?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 offering	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 offering	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 offering	nsubj
4	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 offering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present · progressive	vicar						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1

A list of rules for the funeral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 list	det
2	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rules	case
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 list	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 funeral	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 funeral	det
7	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list			rules for the funeral					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A bill for the funeral service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bill	det
2	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 service	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 service	det
5	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 service	compound
6	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bill	nmod

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

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

The church's care and prayers for the family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 church	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 church	case
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 prayers	cc
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 care	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care		the church					for the family	nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 4

A promise that grief will stop soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stop	nsubj
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promise	acl:relcl
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 stop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	future	a promise					soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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