--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Burial, cremation, the wake and the gr… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process of cremation? Exam question 1 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Burial, cremation, the wake and the gr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process of cremation? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, process · **To what, where:** process, cremation This is exam question 1 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» 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/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the process of cremation? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 cremation cremation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the process of cremation | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **process** | | | cremation | | | | | nom process «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} The interment of the body at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e1:o1:1 # text = The interment of the body at sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 interment interment 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 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inter** | | | the body | | sea | | | nom interment «event transitive»: of=patient at=place | ### Option 2 {#o2} A surgical procedure performed upon the living ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e1:o2:1 # text = A surgical procedure performed upon the living 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 surgical surgical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 procedure procedure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | participle | | a surgical procedure *not said here* | | | | upon the living | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The reduction of the body to ashes by intense heat, after death, without sensation ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e1:o3:1 # text = The reduction of the body to ashes by intense heat, after death, without sensation 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reduction reduction 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 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 intense intense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 without without ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 sensation sensation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | | intense heat | the body | | | | to ashes | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl by=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The preservation of the body in ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e1:o4:1 # text = The preservation of the body in ice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 preservation preservation 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 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preserve** | | | the body | | ice | | | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient in=place | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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