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# Exam question 1 · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the festival of Día de los Muertos?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** festival

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 65 «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more» 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/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the festival of Día de los Muertos?
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	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	Día	Día	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	los	Los	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Muertos	Muerto	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 festival of los Muertos |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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A festival for the frightening of children by masked persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e1:o1:1
# text = A festival for the frightening of children by masked persons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	masked	mask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mask** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A celebration in memory of deceased loved ones, combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e1:o2:1
# text = A celebration in memory of deceased loved ones, combining Catholic and Indigenous traditions
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	combining	combine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	Catholic	catholic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **love** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **combine** | gerund |  | Catholic and Indigenous traditions |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catholic=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An occasion for the commemoration of military victories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e1:o3:1
# text = An occasion for the commemoration of military victories
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	victories	victory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commemorate** |  |  | military victories |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A festival of the harvest without reference to the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e1:o4:1
# text = A festival of the harvest without reference to the dead
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	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	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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