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title: Identify the event commemorated by Christians upon Easter Sunday. — What happens after we die? What our ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the event commemorated by Christians upon Easter Sunday. Exam question 2 of lesson 72 «What happens after we die? What our church teaches» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr
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# Exam question 2 · What happens after we die? What our church teaches

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Identify the event commemorated by Christians upon Easter Sunday.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, commemorate · **To what, where:** event

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 72 «What happens after we die? What our church teaches» 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/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e2:1
# text = Identify the event commemorated by Christians upon Easter Sunday.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	commemorated	commemorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 event |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **commemorate** | participle |  | the event *not said here* |  |  | sunday |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e2:o1:1
# text = The baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baptism	baptism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e2:o2:1
# text = The resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the third day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resurrect** |  |  | Jesus |  |  |  |  | nom resurrection «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles at Pentecost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e2:o3:1
# text = The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles at Pentecost
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	apostles	apostle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Pentecost	Pentecost	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** |  | the Holy Spirit |  |  |  |  | upon the apostles at Pentecost | nom descent «event intransitive»: of=agent upon=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The birth of Jesus at Bethlehem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e2:o4:1
# text = The birth of Jesus at Bethlehem
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Bethlehem	Bethlehem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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