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title: Sam asks Ben, «What's shiva, is it like a sleepover?» Ben explains.… — How other people remember: Día de los… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam asks Ben, «What's shiva, is it like a sleepover?» Ben explains. What is true? Test 5 · ★★ 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 and of each op
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# Test 5 · ★★ · How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming an…

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Sam asks Ben, «What's shiva, is it like a sleepover?» Ben explains. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, Ben, shiva · **What happens:** ask, be, explain · **To what, where:** Ben, shiva · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam asks Ben, «What's shiva, is it like a sleepover?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t5:1
# text = Sam asks Ben, «What's shiva, is it like a sleepover?»
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	shiva	shiva	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Sam |  | Ben |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ben=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ben | shiva |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | shiva |  |  |  |  | like a sleepover | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ben explains.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t5:2
# text = Ben explains.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t5:3
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A sleepover at the synagogue for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t5:o1:1
# text = A sleepover at the synagogue for children
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A party with games and music every night of the week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t5:o2:1
# text = A party with games and music every night of the week
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A week of mourning at home where friends visit with food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t5:o3:1
# text = A week of mourning at home where friends visit with food
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mourning	mourning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present | friends |  |  | home | week | with food | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with food=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A week of fasting at home with no visitors allowed in at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more:t5:o4:1
# text = A week of fasting at home with no visitors allowed in at all
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fasting	fast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fast** | gerund | a week *not said here* |  |  | home |  | with no visitors | tree rules |
| 2 | **allow in** | participle |  | no visitors *not said here* |  | all |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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