Exam question 1 · Creation: God the maker

Identify the principal teaching which Christians derive from the account of creation contained in the first chapter of Genesis.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Christians · What happens: identify, derive, contain, account · To what, where: principal teaching, account, creation, first chapter

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» of the religion ethics 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	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 derive	obj
6	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 derive	nsubj
7	derive	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 teaching	acl:relcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 account	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 account	det
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 derive	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 creation	case
12	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 account	nmod
13	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 creation	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 chapter	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 chapter	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 chapter	amod
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 contained	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Genesis	case
19	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 chapter	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	derive	present	Christians	the principal teaching	the account of creation	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent which=Result from account=Material
3	contain	participle		creation not said here	the first chapter of Genesis	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chapter=Location
4	account			creation		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

That the world shall endure for six days only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 world	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 world	det
3	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 endure	nsubj
4	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 endure	aux
5	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 endure	obl
9	only	only	ADV	_	5 endure	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	endure	shall	that world				day		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

That the world came into being by chance alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 world	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 world	det
3	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 chance	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 chance	cop
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 chance	case
8	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	that world					alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	gerund				chance			tree rules

Option 3

That human beings were the first of all creatures to be made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 beings	nsubj
2	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beings	amod
3	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 first	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 first	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 first	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 creatures	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 creatures	det
9	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 first	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	12 made	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 creatures	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	being		That		tree rules
2	is	past	human beings	of all creatures; first property	tree rules
3	make	to-infinitive · passive	human beings not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That the world was brought into being intentionally by God

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 world	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 world	det
3	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brought	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brought	aux:pass
5	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 intentionally	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 intentionally	cop
8	intentionally	intentionally	ADV	_	5 brought	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 God	case
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · passive	God	that world					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is	gerund						intentionally 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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