Exam question 2 · Borrowing without asking

Identify the principal teaching conveyed by the priest to a penitent who confesses a repetition of a former wrong.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, penitent · What happens: identify, convey, confess · To what, where: principal teaching, penitent, repetition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 339 «Borrowing without asking» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teaching	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teaching	amod
4	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 teaching	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 priest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 priest	det
8	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 penitent	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 penitent	det
11	penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 confesses	nsubj
13	confesses	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 penitent	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 repetition	det
15	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 confesses	obj
16	of	of	SCONJ	_	19 wrong	mark
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 wrong	det
18	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 wrong	amod
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 repetition	acl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal teaching			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent teaching=Theme
2	convey	participle		the principal teaching not said here	a penitent	by the priest	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to penitent=Recipient
3	confess	present	a penitent	a repetition			vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repetition=Topic

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

A repeated wrong may not be confessed on a second occasion and remains unforgiven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 confessed	det
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 A	acl
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 repeated	xcomp
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 confessed	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 confessed	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 confessed	aux:pass
7	confessed	confess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 occasion	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 occasion	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 occasion	amod
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 confessed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 remains	cc
13	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 confessed	conj
14	unforgiven	unforgiven	X	Foreign=Yes	13 remains	dep

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle		wrong property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	not confess	may · passive	a second occasion		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»
3	remain	present			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Forgiveness is not exhausted, but each wrong must be made good in turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exhausted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exhausted	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 exhausted	advmod
4	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 made	cc
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 wrong	det
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 made	nsubj:pass
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 made	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 made	aux:pass
11	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 exhausted	conj
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 made	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 turn	case
14	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not exhaust	present · passive		Forgiveness					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	make	must · passive		each wrong		turn		good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

A wrong once confessed may thereafter be repeated without consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wrong	det
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 repeated	advcl
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 confessed	advmod
4	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrong	advcl
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 repeated	aux
6	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	_	8 repeated	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 repeated	aux:pass
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 consequence	case
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 repeated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess	past						once property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	repeat	may · passive						without consequence; thereafter property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»

Option 4

The penitent is relieved of all duty of restitution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 penitent	det
2	penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 relieved	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 relieved	cop
4	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 duty	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 duty	det
7	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 relieved	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 restitution	case
9	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 duty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the penitent					of all duty of restitution; relieved property	tree rules

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