Exam question 3 · Creation: God the maker

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the position of Christians in respect of the six days of creation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: position, respect, six days

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 position	det
10	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Christians	case
12	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 position	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 respect	case
14	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 days	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 days	det
17	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 days	nummod
18	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 respect	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 creation	case
20	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 days	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the position of Christians	respect of the six days of creation	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		the six days of creation			nom respect «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

It is uniformly held that the account is without meaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
3	uniformly	uniformly	ADV	_	4 held	advmod
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 meaning	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 account	det
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meaning	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 meaning	cop
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 meaning	case
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		It				uniformly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the account					without meaning	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is disputed, some reading them literally and many figuratively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 disputed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 disputed	aux:pass
3	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reading	punct
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 reading	nsubj
6	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 disputed	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reading	obj
8	literally	literally	ADV	_	6 reading	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 many	cc
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disputed	conj
11	figuratively	figuratively	ADV	_	3 disputed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispute	present · passive		It				figuratively property	tree rules
2	read	gerund	some	them = they				literally property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 3

The matter has never been the subject of discussion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 subject	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 subject	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 subject	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 subject	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 subject	det
7	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 discussion	case
9	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 subject	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present · perfect	the matter	the subject				of discussion	tree rules

Option 4

It is uniformly held that they were literal days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
3	uniformly	uniformly	ADV	_	4 held	advmod
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 days	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 days	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 days	cop
8	literal	literal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 days	amod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		It				uniformly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a	past	they	literal days					tree rules

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