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description: Ascertain the signification of the words «ashes to ashes, dust to dust» as pronounced at a Christian committal. Exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

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Ascertain the signification of the words «ashes to ashes, dust to dust» as pronounced at a Christian committal.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, pronounce, signify · **To what, where:** signification, Christian committal, words

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the signification of the words «ashes to ashes, dust to dust» as pronounced at a Christian committal.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	signification	signification	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	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	committal	committal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 signification of the words |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic |
| 2 | **pronounce** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | a Christian committal |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **signify** |  |  | the words |  |  |  |  | nom signification «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That the remains are to be scattered at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e3:o1:1
# text = That the remains are to be scattered at sea
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | present · passive |  | That |  | sea |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at sea=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the funeral rites are hereby concluded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e3:o2:1
# text = That the funeral rites are hereby concluded
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rites	rite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	hereby	hereby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	concluded	conclude	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 | **conclude** | present · passive |  | the funeral rites |  |  |  | hereby *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the deceased is hereby condemned to perdition for his sins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e3:o3:1
# text = That the deceased is hereby condemned to perdition for his sins
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	hereby	hereby	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	perdition	perdition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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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 | **condemn** | present · passive |  | That |  |  |  | to perdition; for his sins; hereby *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for sin=Attribute |

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

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That the body returns to the earth, in hope of resurrection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e3:o4:1
# text = That the body returns to the earth, in hope of resurrection
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | That |  |  | hope of resurrection |  | to the earth *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result |
| 2 | **hope** |  | resurrection |  |  |  |  |  | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=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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