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# Exam question 1 · Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembranc…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the observance of sorokovyny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, observe · **To what, where:** observance, sorokovyny

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» 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/64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the observance of sorokovyny?
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	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sorokovyny	sorokovyny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 observance of sorokovyny |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **observe** |  |  | sorokovyny |  |  |  |  | nom observance «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A memorial observance on the fortieth day following a death, comprising prayer and a shared meal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e1:o1:1
# text = A memorial observance on the fortieth day following a death, comprising prayer and a shared meal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	memorial	memorial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fortieth	fortieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	comprising	comprise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund | the fortieth day *not said here* | a death |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 2 | **comprise** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A festival marking the harvest of wheat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e1:o2:1
# text = A festival marking the harvest of wheat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	marking	mark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | gerund | a festival *not said here* | the harvest of wheat |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent harvest=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A celebration held forty days before a wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e1:o3:1
# text = A celebration held forty days before a wedding
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | a celebration *not said here* |  | a wedding | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before wedding=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ceremony for the reading of a will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:e1:o4:1
# text = A ceremony for the reading of a will
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	nmod	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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

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