Exam question 1 · Confession, prayer and making amends at church

Identify the principal teaching conveyed to a penitent who returns to confession shortly after a previous absolution.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, penitent · What happens: identify, convey, return · To what, where: principal teaching, penitent

This is exam question 1 of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» 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	to	to	ADP	_	8 penitent	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 penitent	det
8	penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 returns	nsubj
10	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 penitent	acl:relcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 confession	case
12	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returns	obl
13	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	10 returns	advmod
14	after	after	ADP	_	17 absolution	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 absolution	det
16	previous	previous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 absolution	amod
17	absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 returns	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	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			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to penitent=Recipient
3	return	present	a penitent			after a previous absolution	to confession result; shortly property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to confession=Result

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

Forgiveness does not run out, but each wrong must still be put right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 run	advmod
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 run	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 put	cc
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 wrong	det
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 put	csubj:pass
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 put	aux
11	still	still	ADV	_	13 put	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 put	aux:pass
13	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 run	conj
14	right	right	ADV	_	13 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not run out	present · do-support	Forgiveness						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	put	must · passive	Forgiveness not said here				still	right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»

Option 2

Repeated confession indicates insincerity and must therefore be refused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 confession	amod
2	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	nsubj
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	insincerity	insincerity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicates	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 refused	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 refused	aux
7	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	9 refused	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 refused	aux:pass
9	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 indicates	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	repeat	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	indicate	present	Repeated confession	insincerity		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot insincerity=Topic
3	refuse	must · passive	Repeated confession not said here		therefore property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»

Option 3

Absolution once given renders subsequent wrongs inconsequential

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 renders	compound
2	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 given	advmod
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 renders	amod
4	renders	render	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wrongs	amod
6	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 renders	conj
7	inconsequential	inconsequential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 renders	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle						once property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A second absolution is not available

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 absolution	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 absolution	amod
3	absolution	absolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 available	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 available	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 available	advmod
6	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a second absolution					available property	tree rules

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