--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Reme… — Festivals, holidays and traditions in… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Remembrance Day? Exam question 3 of lesson 97 «Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking world» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Festivals, holidays and traditions in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Remembrance Day? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** Remembrance Day This is exam question 3 of lesson 97 «Festivals, holidays and traditions in the English-speaking world» of the world 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/world/97-festivals-holidays-traditions/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Remembrance Day? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Remembrance Remembrance PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | Remembrance Day | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} It marks the birth of Jesus ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:e3:o1:1 # text = It marks the birth of Jesus 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 marks mark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present | It | the birth of Jesus | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent birth=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} It marks the Declaration of Independence of 1776 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:e3:o2:1 # text = It marks the Declaration of Independence of 1776 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 marks mark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Declaration Declaration PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Independence Independence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1776 1776 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present | It | the Declaration of Independence of 1776 | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent declaration=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It marks the plot against Parliament in 1605 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:e3:o3:1 # text = It marks the plot against Parliament in 1605 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 marks mark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 plot plot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Parliament Parliament PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1605 1605 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present | It | the plot | | 1605 | | against Parliament | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent plot=Theme against parliament=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It marks the end of the First World War in 1918 ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:97-festivals-holidays-traditions:e3:o4:1 # text = It marks the end of the First World War in 1918 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 marks mark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 First first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 8 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 War War PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 1918 1918 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present | It | the end of the First World War | | 1918 | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent end=Theme in 1918=Destination | **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. 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