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title: Ascertain the purpose originally served by the consumption of pancak… — The church year · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose originally served by the consumption of pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday. Exam question 3 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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 3 · The church year

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Ascertain the purpose originally served by the consumption of pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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/26-the-church-year/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose originally served by the consumption of pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday.
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	originally	originally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Shrove	Shrove	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  | the purpose *not said here* |  |  |  | by the consumption of pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday; originally *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **consume** |  |  | pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The using up of rich foods prior to Lent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e3:o1:1
# text = The using up of rich foods prior to Lent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of rich foods; prior Lent | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The celebration of the conclusion of Lent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e3:o2:1
# text = The celebration of the conclusion of Lent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	celebration	celebration	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	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** |  |  | the conclusion of Lent |  |  |  |  | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | Lent |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The thanksgiving for the gathered harvest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e3:o3:1
# text = The thanksgiving for the gathered harvest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thanksgiving	thanksgiving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The commemoration of the Last Supper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:e3:o4:1
# text = The commemoration of the Last Supper
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Last	Last	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Supper	Supper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commemorate** |  |  | the Last Supper |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |

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