Exam question 4 · Creation: God the maker
Ascertain the meaning of "stewardship" as it pertains to the natural world in Christian teaching.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, meaning · What happens: ascertain, pertain, mean · To what, where: meaning, Christian teaching, stewardship
This is exam question 4 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meaning | det |
| 3 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 stewardship | case |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 stewardship | punct |
| 6 | stewardship | stewardship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meaning | nmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 stewardship | punct |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 pertains | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 pertains | nsubj |
| 10 | pertains | pertain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ascertain | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 world | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 world | det |
| 13 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 world | amod |
| 14 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pertains | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 teaching | case |
| 16 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 teaching | amod |
| 17 | teaching | teaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pertains | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the meaning of stewardship | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pertain | present | meaning | Christian teaching | to the natural world | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to world=Co-Theme | |||
| 3 | mean | stewardship | nom meaning «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 · ✓ the right answer
The responsible care of creation on behalf of God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 care | det |
| 2 | responsible | responsible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 care | amod |
| 3 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 creation | case |
| 5 | creation | creation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | nmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 behalf | case |
| 7 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 God | case |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 behalf | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | creation | behalf of God | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent on=place |
Option 2
The unrestricted ownership and use of all resources
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ownership | det |
| 2 | unrestricted | unrestrict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ownership | amod |
| 3 | ownership | ownership | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 use | cc |
| 5 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ownership | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 resources | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 resources | det |
| 8 | resources | resource | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ownership | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unrestrict | participle | tree rules |
Option 3
The exclusive care of gardens by ordained ministers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 care | det |
| 2 | exclusive | exclusive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 care | amod |
| 3 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 gardens | case |
| 5 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 care | nmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 ministers | case |
| 7 | ordained | ordain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 ministers | amod |
| 8 | ministers | minister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 care | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ordain | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | care | gardens | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4
The abstention from all contact with the natural world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 abstention | det |
| 2 | abstention | abstention | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 contact | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 contact | det |
| 5 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 abstention | nmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 8 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 world | amod |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 contact | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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