Exam question 1 · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate

Identify the principal reason for which a sin deliberately omitted from confession tends to leave the penitent troubled.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sin, penitent · What happens: identify, omit, tend, leave, trouble · To what, where: principal reason, sin, confession

This is exam question 1 of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 tends	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sin	det
8	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tends	nsubj
9	deliberately	deliberately	ADV	_	10 omitted	advmod
10	omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sin	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 confession	case
12	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 omitted	obl
13	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 leave	mark
15	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 tends	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 penitent	det
17	penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 troubled	nsubj
18	troubled	trouble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 leave	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	omit	participle		a sin not said here	from confession goal; deliberately property	vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent from confession=Goal
3	tend	present	a sin		for the principal reason	tree rules
4	leave	to-infinitive	a sin not said here			tree rules
5	trouble	past	the penitent			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 priest is unable to hear any confession which has been only partial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unable	cop
4	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hear	mark
6	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 unable	xcomp
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 confession	det
8	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hear	obj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 partial	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 partial	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 partial	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 partial	advmod
13	partial	partial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 confession	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the priest		unable property	tree rules
2	hear	to-infinitive	the priest not said here	any confession		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer confession=Stimulus
3	is	present · perfect	any confession		partial property	tree rules

Option 2

Omitted sins are automatically forgiven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Omitted	omit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sins	amod
2	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 forgiven	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 forgiven	aux:pass
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	5 forgiven	advmod
5	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit	participle							vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	forgive	present · passive		Omitted sins				automatically property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Confession has no effect upon guilt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 effect	det
4	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 guilt	case
6	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 effect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Confession	no effect				upon guilt	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The guilt is not addressed, and the relief of honest confession is not attained

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guilt	det
2	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 addressed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 addressed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 addressed	advmod
5	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 attained	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 attained	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 relief	det
9	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 attained	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 confession	case
11	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 confession	amod
12	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relief	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 attained	aux:pass
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 attained	advmod
15	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 addressed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not address	present · passive		the guilt					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
2	not attain	present · passive		the relief of honest confession					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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