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Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure…

It is given that a correspondent describes a relative as "spiritual but not religious". Which of the following statements most accurately characterises that relative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: correspondent · What happens: give, describe, follow, characteris · To what, where: It, relative

This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» of the euphemisms 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.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that a correspondent describes a relative as "spiritual but not religious".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 describes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 correspondent	det
6	correspondent	correspondent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	nsubj
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 relative	det
9	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 spiritual	mark
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 spiritual	punct
12	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 relative	acl
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 religious	cc
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 religious	advmod
15	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 spiritual	conj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 religious	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	describe	present	a correspondent	a relative					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent relative=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises that relative?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 relative	det
10	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	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		that relative				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The relative professes belief exclusively in apparitions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relative	det
2	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 professes	nsubj
3	professes	profess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 professes	obj
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 professes	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 apparitions	case
7	apparitions	apparition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 professes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	profess	present	the relative	belief		apparitions		exclusively property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent belief=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The relative is not affiliated with any organised religion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relative	det
2	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 affiliated	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 affiliated	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 affiliated	advmod
5	affiliated	affiliate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 religion	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 religion	det
8	organised	organised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 religion	amod
9	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 affiliated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not affiliate	present · passive		the relative				with any organised religion	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with religion=Co-Patient

Option 3

The relative is an ordained member of the clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relative	det
2	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 member	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 member	det
5	ordained	ordain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 member	amod
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 clergy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clergy	det
9	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the relative	a ordained member				of the clergy	tree rules

Option 4

The relative attends religious services daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 relative	det
2	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attends	nsubj
3	attends	attend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 services	amod
5	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attends	obj
6	daily	daily	ADV	_	3 attends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	present	the relative	religious services				daily property	vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Goal

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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