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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a wa… — Funerals and remembering · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a wake? Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Funerals and remembering

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a wake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** wake

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a wake?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wake	wake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a wake |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A period of compulsory silence observed by the bereaved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e1:o1:1
# text = A period of compulsory silence observed by the bereaved
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bereaved	bereave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | participle · passive |  | a period of compulsory silence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bereave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A religious ceremony conducted prior to the death of the person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e1:o2:1
# text = A religious ceremony conducted prior to the death of the person
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | past | a religious ceremony |  |  |  |  | prior the death of the person | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** |  | the person |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A gathering following a funeral at which persons eat, drink and share recollections

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e1:o3:1
# text = A gathering following a funeral at which persons eat, drink and share recollections
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gathering	gathering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
8	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	share	share	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	recollections	recollection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | persons |  |  | a funeral |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drink** | present | persons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **share** | present | persons *not said here* | recollections |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A formal hearing at which the will of the deceased is contested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e1:o4:1
# text = A formal hearing at which the will of the deceased is contested
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	flat	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **contest** | future · passive |  | a formal hearing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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