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description: Select the response consistent with the established conventions concerning the attendance of persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral. Exam question 3 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» 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 · The church funeral

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Select the response consistent with the established conventions concerning the attendance of persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established conventions · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, attend · **To what, where:** response, attendance, persons

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» 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/62-the-church-funeral/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established conventions concerning the attendance of persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	conventions	convention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established conventions *not said here* | the attendance of persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attendance=Experiencer |
| 4 | **attend** |  |  | persons of other faiths at a Christian funeral |  |  |  |  | nom attendance «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 {#o1}

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They are required to depart before the prayers commence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:e3:o1:1
# text = They are required to depart before the prayers commence
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	commence	commence	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **depart** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **commence** | present | the prayers |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are excluded from attendance at the service by church law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:e3:o2:1
# text = They are excluded from attendance at the service by church law
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exclude** | present · passive | church law | They |  | attendance |  | at the service | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary from attendance=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are required to recite all of the Christian prayers aloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:e3:o3:1
# text = They are required to recite all of the Christian prayers aloud
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	recite	recite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **recite** | to-infinitive |  | all |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme |

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

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They may attend and remain respectfully silent during prayers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:e3:o4:1
# text = They may attend and remain respectfully silent during prayers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | may | They |  |  |  | during prayers |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **remain** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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