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description: Identify the principal activity undertaken by Chinese families during the Qingming festival. Exam question 2 of lesson 65 «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an…

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Identify the principal activity undertaken by Chinese families during the Qingming festival.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, undertake · **To what, where:** principal activity

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal activity undertaken by Chinese families during the Qingming festival.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Qingming	Qingming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal activity |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent activity=Theme |
| 2 | **undertake** | participle |  | the principal activity *not said here* |  |  | during the Qingming festival | by Chinese families | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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The relocation of graves to new cemeteries beyond the boundaries of the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e2:o1:1
# text = The relocation of graves to new cemeteries beyond the boundaries of the city
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	relocation	relocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cemeteries	cemetery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boundaries	boundary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** |  |  | graves to new cemeteries beyond the boundaries of the city |  |  |  |  | nom relocation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The construction of new dwellings for the living

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e2:o2:1
# text = The construction of new dwellings for the living
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** |  |  | new dwellings for the living |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The cleaning of ancestral graves and the offering of food and flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e2:o3:1
# text = The cleaning of ancestral graves and the offering of food and flowers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	ancestral	ancestral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** |  | ancestral graves and the offering of food and flowers |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 2 | **offer** |  |  | food |  |  |  |  | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The burning of genuine currency for amusement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:e2:o4:1
# text = The burning of genuine currency for amusement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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