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title: A cartoon shows a skeleton climbing out of a grave at night. What is… — Burial, cremation, the wake and the gr… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a skeleton climbing out of a grave at night. What is the truth? Test 10 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's choice was wrong
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# Test 10 · Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave

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A cartoon shows a skeleton climbing out of a grave at night. What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, skeleton, truth · **What happens:** show, climb, be · **To what, where:** skeleton, grave

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This is test 10 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» 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/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a skeleton climbing out of a grave at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t10:1
# text = A cartoon shows a skeleton climbing out of a grave at night.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a skeleton |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skeleton=Recipient |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund | a skeleton *not said here* |  |  | a grave | night |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out grave=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t10:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only very old graves do that, never new ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t10:o1:1
# text = Only very old graves do that, never new ones
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | old graves | that |  |  |  | new ones *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It happens in every cemetery at midnight, but nobody sees it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t10:o2:1
# text = It happens in every cemetery at midnight, but nobody sees it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | It |  |  | every cemetery | midnight |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cemetery=Location |
| 2 | **see** | present | nobody | cemetery |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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

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The dead stay at rest; such scenes are just made-up stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t10:o3:1
# text = The dead stay at rest; such scenes are just made-up stories
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stay	stay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	scenes	scene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
14	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | such scenes | made stories |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Skeletons climb out once a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t10:o4:1
# text = Skeletons climb out once a year
1	Skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb out** | present | Skeletons |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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