Exam question 3 · Breaking things and hiding the pieces
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning a penitent who repeats a wrong after a former confession?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teaching, penitent · What happens: follow, characteris, concern, repeat · To what, where: teaching, penitent, wrong
This is exam question 3 of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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 teaching | det |
| 10 | teaching | teaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 teaching | acl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 penitent | det |
| 13 | penitent | penitent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 repeats | nsubj |
| 15 | repeats | repeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 penitent | acl:relcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 wrong | det |
| 17 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 repeats | obj |
| 18 | after | after | ADP | _ | 21 confession | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 confession | det |
| 20 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 confession | amod |
| 21 | confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 repeats | obl |
| 22 | ? | ? | 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 | the teaching | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the teaching not said here | a penitent | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus penitent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | repeat | present | a penitent | a wrong | after a former confession | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Forgiveness remains available, but reparation is required on each occasion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 remains | nsubj |
| 2 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | available | available | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 remains | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 required | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 required | cc |
| 6 | reparation | reparation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 required | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 required | aux:pass |
| 8 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 remains | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 occasion | case |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 occasion | det |
| 11 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 required | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | present | Forgiveness | available property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | require | present · passive | reparation | each occasion | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
Option 2
A second confession is prohibited
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 confession | det |
| 2 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 confession | amod |
| 3 | confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 5 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prohibit | present · passive | a second confession | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Repetition relieves the penitent of any duty of reparation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repetition | repetition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 relieves | nsubj |
| 2 | relieves | relieve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 penitent | det |
| 4 | penitent | penitent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 relieves | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 duty | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 duty | det |
| 7 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 penitent | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 reparation | case |
| 9 | reparation | reparation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 duty | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relieve | present | Repetition | the penitent of any duty of reparation | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus penitent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Forgiveness is available on a single occasion only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 available | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 available | cop |
| 3 | available | available | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 occasion | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 occasion | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 occasion | amod |
| 7 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 available | obl |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 occasion | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Forgiveness | a single occasion | available property | tree rules |
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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