Exam question 4 · Forgiving

Determine which of the following is consistent with the principle that forgiveness and remembrance may coexist.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, forgiveness · What happens: determine, follow, be, coexist · To what, where: principle

This is exam question 4 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 consistent	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consistent	det
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 consistent	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Determine	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 principle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 principle	det
10	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 coexist	mark
12	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 coexist	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 remembrance	cc
14	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 forgiveness	conj
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 coexist	aux
16	coexist	coexist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 principle	acl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present			with the principle; consistent property	tree rules
4	coexist	may	forgiveness and remembrance	the principle 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

Remembrance of a wrong constitutes a grudge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 wrong	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wrong	det
4	wrong	wrong	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Remembrance	nmod
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 grudge	det
7	grudge	grudge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	Remembrance of a wrong	a grudge					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grudge=Pivot
2	remember			a wrong					nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Forgiveness requires the wrong to be repeated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wrong	det
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 requires	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 repeated	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 repeated	aux:pass
7	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 requires	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Forgiveness	the wrong					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wrong=Precondition
2	repeat	to-infinitive · passive	Forgiveness not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One may forgive a person while retaining the lesson of the wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 forgive	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forgive	aux
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgive	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 retaining	mark
7	retaining	retain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forgive	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retaining	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 wrong	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wrong	det
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lesson	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	may	One	a person					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	retain	gerund	One not said here	the lesson of the wrong					tree rules

Option 4

One must forget a wrong entirely in order to forgive the person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 forget	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forget	aux
3	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wrong	det
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forget	obj
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 forget	advmod
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 forgive	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 forgive	mark
10	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forget	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forgive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	must	One	a wrong				entirely property	tree rules
2	forgive	to-infinitive	One not said here	the person					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme

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