Exam question 2 · Creation: God the maker

Select the response most consistent with the doctrine that humanity is made in the image of God.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, doctrine · What happens: select, make, image · To what, where: response, humanity, image, God

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 doctrine	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doctrine	det
8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 made	mark
10	humanity	humanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 doctrine	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 image	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 image	det
15	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 God	case
17	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 image	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	make	present · passive	the doctrine not said here	humanity	the image of God	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	image			God		nom image «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer

Every human person possesses an inherent worth meriting respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 person	det
2	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possesses	nsubj
4	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 worth	det
6	inherent	inherent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 worth	amod
7	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possesses	obj
8	meriting	merit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 worth	acl
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meriting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	every human person	a inherent worth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot worth=Theme
2	merit	gerund	a inherent worth not said here	respect					tree rules

Option 2

Worth is conferred solely upon those persons who conduct themselves well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conferred	aux:pass
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 conferred	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 persons	case
6	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 persons	det
7	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conferred	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 conduct	nsubj
9	conduct	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 persons	acl:relcl
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 conduct	obj
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 conduct	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present · passive		Worth				upon that persons; solely property	tree rules
2	conduct	present	that persons	persons = person				well property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme

Option 3

Human beings resemble God in outward appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 beings	amod
2	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 resemble	nsubj
3	resemble	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 resemble	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 appearance	case
6	outward	outward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 appearance	amod
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resemble	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	present	Human beings	God		outward appearance			tree rules

Option 4

Only persons of high rank possess any worth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 persons	advmod
2	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possess	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 rank	case
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rank	amod
5	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persons	nmod
6	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 worth	det
8	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	infinitive	persons of high rank	any worth					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot worth=Theme

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