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description: Dad: "No coffin at the memorial, just photos, his favourite songs and the funny stories." What kind of event is this? Test 10 · ★ 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; Mov
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# Test 10 · ★ · Funerals and remembering

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Dad: "No coffin at the memorial, just photos, his favourite songs and the funny stories." What kind of event is this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his, this · **What happens:** sing, be · **To what, where:** kind

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: "No coffin at the memorial, just photos, his favourite songs and the funny stories."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t10:1
# text = Dad: "No coffin at the memorial, just photos, his favourite songs and the funny stories."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	memorial	memorial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *in a quote* |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What kind of event is this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t10:2
# text = What kind of event is this?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | what kind |  |  |  | of event | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A wake held at the local pub

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t10:o1:1
# text = A wake held at the local pub
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wake	wake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | a wake *not said here* |  | the local pub |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pub=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A memorial service celebrating his life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t10:o2:1
# text = A memorial service celebrating his life
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	memorial	memorial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | gerund | a memorial service *not said here* | his life |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A funeral with a burial in the churchyard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t10:o3:1
# text = A funeral with a burial in the churchyard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wedding for his younger brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t10:o4:1
# text = A wedding for his younger brother
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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