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title: shut up about pancakes, what are u actually giving up for lent — The church year · tree and pragmatics
description: shut up about pancakes, what are u actually giving up for lent Test 8 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 8 · The church year

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shut up about pancakes, what are u actually giving up for lent

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, u · **What happens:** shut up, give up

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t8:1
# text = shut up about pancakes, what are u actually giving up for lent
1	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	lent	lent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about pancakes | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give up** | present · progressive | u |  |  |  |  | for lent; actually *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Lent is about self-control and making room for God and others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t8:o1:1
# text = Lent is about self-control and making room for God and others
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lent |  |  |  |  | about self control and others | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | Lent *not said here* | room |  |  |  | for God | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent room=Product for god=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lent is about bringing food to the harvest service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t8:o2:1
# text = Lent is about bringing food to the harvest service
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present · progressive | Lent | food |  | the harvest service |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme to service=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lent is about eating as much as you can before Easter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t8:o3:1
# text = Lent is about eating as much as you can before Easter
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · progressive | Lent | much |  |  | before Easter | about *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lent is about decorating the house for Christmas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t8:o4:1
# text = Lent is about decorating the house for Christmas
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	decorating	decorate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | present · progressive | Lent | the house |  |  |  | for Christmas | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Destination |

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