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# Exam question 3 · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the wishes of a deceased person.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, deceased person · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, decease, wish · **To what, where:** response, wishes

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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/79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the wishes of a deceased person.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the wishes of a deceased person |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer |
| 4 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **wish** |  | a deceased person |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Families endeavour to honour them, though a child need not be bound to every wish

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e3:o1:1
# text = Families endeavour to honour them, though a child need not be bound to every wish
1	Families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	endeavour	endeavour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	honour	honour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	need	need	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endeavour** | present | Families |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **honour** | to-infinitive | Families *not said here* | Families *= family* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **bind** | present · passive |  | a child |  |  |  | to every wish | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to wish=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every wish must be obeyed under penalty of law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e3:o2:1
# text = Every wish must be obeyed under penalty of law
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | must · passive |  | every wish |  | penalty of law |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wishes of the deceased carry no significance whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e3:o3:1
# text = Wishes of the deceased carry no significance whatsoever
1	Wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADV	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	fixed	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | present | Wishes | no significance |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Wishes may be honoured only by members of the clergy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:e3:o4:1
# text = Wishes may be honoured only by members of the clergy
1	Wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	honoured	honour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	clergy	clergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | may · passive | members of the clergy | Wishes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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