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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the attendance of children at funerals. Exam question 3 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; 
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# Exam question 3 · Funerals and remembering

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the attendance of children at funerals.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, established facts · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, attend · **To what, where:** response, attendance, funerals, children

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the attendance of children at funerals.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the attendance of children |  | funerals |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attendance=Experiencer |
| 5 | **attend** |  |  | children |  |  |  |  | nom attendance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Children are compelled to attend irrespective of their wishes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e3:o1:1
# text = Children are compelled to attend irrespective of their wishes
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | present · passive |  | Children |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **attend** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of Children's wishes; irrespective *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of wish=Theme |
| 3 | **wish** |  | Children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Children may attend only if they have attained sixteen years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e3:o2:1
# text = Children may attend only if they have attained sixteen years
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
9	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | may | Children |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | Children *= child* |  |  |  | year |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Children are prohibited by law from attending any funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e3:o3:1
# text = Children are prohibited by law from attending any funeral
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | law | Children |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 2 | **attend** | gerund | law *not said here* | any funeral |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme funeral=Goal |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Children are ordinarily permitted to attend, and their wishes are respected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:e3:o4:1
# text = Children are ordinarily permitted to attend, and their wishes are respected
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | Children |  |  |  | ordinarily *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **attend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **respect** | present · passive |  | Children's wishes |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 4 | **wish** |  | Children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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