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title: Ascertain the purpose of the rite of confirmation. — Baptism, communion and confirmation · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose of the rite of confirmation. Exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Baptism, communion and confirmation» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Baptism, communion and confirmation

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Ascertain the purpose of the rite of confirmation.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, rite · **What happens:** ascertain, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Baptism, communion and confirmation» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose of the rite of confirmation.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rite	rite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose of the rite of confirmation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the rite of confirmation |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The personal affirmation of the promises made at baptism

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e4:o1:1
# text = The personal affirmation of the promises made at baptism
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	affirmation	affirmation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	baptism	baptism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the promises *not said here* |  | baptism |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **affirm** |  |  | the promises |  |  |  |  | nom affirmation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ordination of the candidate to the priesthood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e4:o2:1
# text = The ordination of the candidate to the priesthood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ordination	ordination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	priesthood	priesthood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The undertaking henceforth to commit no sin whatsoever for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e4:o3:1
# text = The undertaking henceforth to commit no sin whatsoever for life
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	commit	commit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | henceforth *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **commit** | to-infinitive |  | no sin |  |  |  | for life; whatsoever *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The conferral of a Christian name upon an infant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e4:o4:1
# text = The conferral of a Christian name upon an infant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conferral	conferral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** |  |  | a Christian name upon a infant |  |  |  |  | nom conferral «act transitive»: of=patient |

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