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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the abbreviation «RIP». Exam question 3 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 e
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# Exam question 3 · Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the abbreviation «RIP».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, origin

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the abbreviation «RIP».
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	facts	fact	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	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	abbreviation	abbreviation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	RIP	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 facts *not said here* | the origin of the abbreviation |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer |

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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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It derives from an Old English oath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e3:o1:1
# text = It derives from an Old English oath
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | a Old English oath |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from oath=Material |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It derives from a modern electronic messaging convention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e3:o2:1
# text = It derives from a modern electronic messaging convention
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	electronic	electronic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	messaging	message	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	convention	convention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | a modern electronic messaging convention |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from convention=Material |
| 2 | **message** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It derives from the Latin prayer «Requiescat in pace»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e3:o3:1
# text = It derives from the Latin prayer «Requiescat in pace»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Requiescat	requiescat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pace	pace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | the Latin prayer |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from prayer=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It derives from an expression of the gravediggers' guild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:e3:o4:1
# text = It derives from an expression of the gravediggers' guild
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derives	derive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gravediggers	gravedigger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	guild	guild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **derive** | present | It |  |  | a expression of the gravediggers's guild |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from expression=Material |

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