Exam question 3 · Little lies at home

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between sacramental confession and restitution to the person wronged?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, wrong · To what, where: relation, person

This is exam question 3 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» of the everyday 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

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relation	det
10	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 confession	case
12	sacramental	sacramental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 confession	amod
13	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relation	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 restitution	cc
15	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 confession	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 person	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 person	det
18	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
19	wronged	wrong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 person	acl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the relation	of the following statements; between sacramental confession and restitution; to the person; accurately property	tree rules
3	wrong	participle	the person not said here		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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Confession may relieve the burden of guilt but does not replace apology and restitution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relieve	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 relieve	aux
3	relieve	relieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 burden	det
5	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 relieve	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 guilt	case
7	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burden	nmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 replace	cc
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 replace	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 replace	advmod
11	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 relieve	conj
12	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 replace	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 restitution	cc
14	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 apology	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	relieve	may	Confession	the burden of guilt	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burden=Experiencer
2	not replace	present · do-support	Confession not said here	apology and restitution	vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apology=Co-Theme
3	burden			guilt	nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Restitution is required only where confession is refused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 refused	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 refused	advmod
6	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refused	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 refused	aux:pass
8	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 required	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		Restitution					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	refuse	present · passive		confession					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Neither confession nor apology has any bearing upon the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 confession	det
2	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 apology	cc
4	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confession	conj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 bearing	det
7	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 matter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 matter	det
10	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bearing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	neither confession nor apology	any bearing				upon the matter	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient

Option 4

Confession entirely removes any duty to apologise or to make amends to the person wronged

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removes	nsubj
2	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 removes	advmod
3	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 duty	det
5	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removes	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 apologise	mark
7	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 removes	advcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 make	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 make	mark
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 apologise	conj
11	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 make	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 person	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 person	det
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	obl
15	wronged	wrong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 person	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remove	present	Confession	any duty	entirely property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme
2	apologise speech: apologize	to-infinitive	Confession not said here			tree rules
3	make	to-infinitive	Confession not said here	amends	to the person	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product
4	wrong	participle		the person not said here		tree rules

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