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description: Identify the principal purpose of the harvest festival as observed in Christian churches. Exam question 2 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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 c
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# Exam question 2 · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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Identify the principal purpose of the harvest festival as observed in Christian churches.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, harvest festival · **What happens:** identify, observe, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose, Christian churches

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the harvest festival as observed in Christian churches.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of the harvest festival |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | Christian churches |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the harvest festival |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The sale of agricultural produce for the benefit of the clergy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e2:o1:1
# text = The sale of agricultural produce for the benefit of the clergy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	produce	produce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	clergy	clergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The commemoration of the founding of the parish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e2:o2:1
# text = The commemoration of the founding of the parish
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	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	founding	founding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parish	parish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commemorate** |  |  | the founding of the parish |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **found** |  |  | the parish |  |  |  |  | nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The disposal of foodstuffs which have passed their date of use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e2:o3:1
# text = The disposal of foodstuffs which have passed their date of use
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disposal	disposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive |  | foodstuffs |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient date=Theme |

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

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The giving of thanks for food and the sharing of it with those in want

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e2:o4:1
# text = The giving of thanks for food and the sharing of it with those in want
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sharing	sharing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of thanks for food and the sharing of sharing; with those | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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