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title: Whereas festivals and anniversaries frequently renew grief, ascertai… — Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas festivals and anniversaries frequently renew grief, ascertain which practice is commonly observed by bereaved families. Exam question 4 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 4 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

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Whereas festivals and anniversaries frequently renew grief, ascertain which practice is commonly observed by bereaved families.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bereaved families · **What happens:** renew, ascertain, observe · **To what, where:** grief, practice

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» 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/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:e4:1
# text = Whereas festivals and anniversaries frequently renew grief, ascertain which practice is commonly observed by bereaved families.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	anniversaries	anniversary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	renew	renew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	commonly	commonly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	bereaved	bereaved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **renew** | present |  | grief |  |  |  | whereas festivals and anniversaries; frequently *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent grief=Patient |
| 2 | **ascertain** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **observe** | present · passive | bereaved families | which practice |  |  |  | commonly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

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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 cancellation of all festivals for a period of ten years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:e4:o1:1
# text = The cancellation of all festivals for a period of ten years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cancellation	cancellation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** |  |  | all festivals for a period of ten years |  |  |  |  | nom cancellation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The removal of every photograph from the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:e4:o2:1
# text = The removal of every photograph from the household
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	photograph	photograph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** |  |  | every photograph from the household |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The prohibition of all mention of the deceased

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:e4:o3:1
# text = The prohibition of all mention of the deceased
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	mention	mention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | participle |  | all mention *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **prohibit** |  |  | all mention |  |  |  |  | nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The lighting of candles, prayers, or the setting of an empty place in remembrance

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:e4:o4:1
# text = The lighting of candles, prayers, or the setting of an empty place in remembrance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lighting	lighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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

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