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title: why's it called pancake day anyway — The church year · tree and pragmatics
description: why's it called pancake day anyway Test 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · The church year

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why's it called pancake day anyway

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 26 «The church year» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t3:1
# text = why's it called pancake day anyway
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	pancake	pancake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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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Pancakes stand for the round crown of thorns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t3:o1:1
# text = Pancakes stand for the round crown of thorns
1	Pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | Pancakes |  |  |  |  | for the round crown of thorns | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for crown=Attribute |
| 2 | **crown** |  |  | thorns |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wise men brought pancakes to Jesus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t3:o2:1
# text = The wise men brought pancakes to Jesus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the wise men | pancakes | Jesus |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pancake=Theme to jesus=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People used up eggs and butter the day before Lent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t3:o3:1
# text = People used up eggs and butter the day before Lent
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	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** | past | People | eggs and butter |  |  | before Lent; day |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jesus ate pancakes at the Last Supper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t3:o4:1
# text = Jesus ate pancakes at the Last Supper
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Last	Last	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	Supper	Supper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Jesus | pancakes |  | the Last Supper |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pancake=Patient |

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