--- title: Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves? That's like housework for d… — How other people remember: Día de los… · tree and pragmatics description: Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves? That's like housework for dead people.» What is the respectful reply? Test 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/t2/) [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/) / [How other people remember: Día de los…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an… Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves? That's like housework for dead people.» What is the respectful reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, They, That, respectful reply · **What happens:** say, grave, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 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. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t2:1 # text = Lily, puzzled, says, «They clean graves? 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 puzzled puzzled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Lily | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grave** *in a quote* | | They | | | | | | 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:* That's like housework for dead people.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t2:2 # text = That's like housework for dead people.» 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 housework housework NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | That | | | | | like housework; for dead people | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What is the respectful reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t2:3 # text = What is the respectful reply? 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 respectful respectful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reply reply 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 respectful reply | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Caring for graves shows respect for the family's ancestors ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t2:o1:1 # text = Caring for graves shows respect for the family's ancestors 1 Caring care VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 ancestors ancestor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **care** | gerund | | | | | | for graves | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for grave=Theme | | 2 | **show** | present | Caring | respect | | | | for the family's ancestors | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's done to stop ghosts escaping ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t2:o2:1 # text = It's done to stop ghosts escaping 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 6 ghosts ghost NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 escaping escape VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | ghosts | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **escape** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They clean them so the old graves can be sold to new families who need one ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t2:o3:1 # text = They clean them so the old graves can be sold to new families who need one 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 clean clean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | present | They | them *= they* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **sell** | can · passive | | the old graves | new families | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to family=Recipient | | 3 | **need** | present | new families | one | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's a punishment for naughty children ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t2:o4:1 # text = It's a punishment for naughty children 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 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 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 children child 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 punishment | | | | for naughty children | 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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