--- title: Vasyl's mate asks, «Why bring Easter eggs to dead people, are they h… — Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memor… · tree and pragmatics description: Vasyl's mate asks, «Why bring Easter eggs to dead people, are they hungry?» What is the true answer? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy/t8/) [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/) / [Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembranc… Vasyl's mate asks, «Why bring Easter eggs to dead people, are they hungry?» What is the true answer? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, eggs, true answer · **What happens:** ask, bring, be · **To what, where:** Easter eggs, dead people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 64 «Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy» 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/64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Vasyl's mate asks, «Why bring Easter eggs to dead people, are they hungry?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:t8:1 # text = Vasyl's mate asks, «Why bring Easter eggs to dead people, are they hungry?» 1 Vasyl Vasyl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 Easter Easter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Vasyl's mate | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Easter eggs | dead people | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme to people=Destination | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | eggs *= egg* | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the true answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:t8:2 # text = What is the true answer? 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 5 det _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the true answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, the dead eat them at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:t8:o1:1 # text = Yes, the dead eat them at night 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | the dead | them *= they* | | | night | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is a prank on the gravediggers ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:t8:o2:1 # text = It is a prank on the gravediggers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gravediggers gravedigger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a prank | | the gravediggers | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The eggs are a sign of new life and resurrection, a way of remembering ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:t8:o3:1 # text = The eggs are a sign of new life and resurrection, a way of remembering 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 resurrection resurrection NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 remembering remember VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the eggs | a sign and a way | | | | of new life and resurrection | tree rules | | 2 | **remember** | gerund | a way *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is to feed the cemetery birds ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy:t8:o4:1 # text = It is to feed the cemetery birds 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cemetery cemetery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | feed *property* | tree rules | **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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