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title: The vicar announces, very formally: «Our Halloween light party shall… — Scary films, games, hospitals and what… · tree and pragmatics
description: The vicar announces, very formally: «Our Halloween light party shall be held in the church hall, all being welcome.» What is it? Test 7 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 7 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps

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The vicar announces, very formally: «Our Halloween light party shall be held in the church hall, all being welcome.» What is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vicar, all, party · **What happens:** announce, hold, be · **To what, where:** Halloween light party, church hall · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» 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/71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The vicar announces, very formally: «Our Halloween light party shall be held in the church hall, all being welcome.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t7:1
# text = The vicar announces, very formally: «Our Halloween light party shall be held in the church hall, all being welcome.»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	announces	announce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
10	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	nsubj	_	_
22	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	cop	_	_
23	welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | present | the vicar |  |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** *in a quote* | shall · passive |  | Our Halloween light party |  | the church hall |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in hall=Location |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | all |  |  |  |  | welcome *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t7:2
# text = What is it?
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	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A meeting to ban costumes for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t7:o1:1
# text = A meeting to ban costumes for ever
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ban	ban	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	costumes	costume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | to-infinitive |  | costumes |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer costume=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A funeral held on 31 October

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t7:o2:1
# text = A funeral held on 31 October
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
6	October	October	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | a funeral *not said here* |  | 31  October |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on 31=Location |

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

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A church party as an alternative to spooky Halloween

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t7:o3:1
# text = A church party as an alternative to spooky Halloween
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	alternative	alternative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A service to scare away ghosts from the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps:t7:o4:1
# text = A service to scare away ghosts from the village
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | to-infinitive |  | ghosts |  | the village |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ghost=Experiencer |

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