Exam question 1 · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

Identify the conduct for which, according to the Book of Daniel, Daniel was consigned to the den of lions.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, accord, consign · To what, where: conduct, Book

This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Daniel, Jonah and the prophets» 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	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 consigned	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Book	punct
7	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 Book	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 according	fixed
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Book	det
10	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 consigned	nsubj:pass
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Daniel	case
12	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Book	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Daniel	punct
14	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Book	appos
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 consigned	aux:pass
16	consigned	consign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 conduct	acl:relcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 den	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 den	det
19	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consigned	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 lions	case
21	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 den	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	consign	past · passive		the Book of Daniel	for the conduct; to the den of lions	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His persistence in prayer to God notwithstanding a royal prohibition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 persistence	nmod:poss
2	persistence	persistence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notwithstanding	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 prayer	case
4	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 persistence	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 God	case
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 prayer	nmod
7	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 prohibition	det
9	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 prohibition	amod
10	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 notwithstanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notwithstand	gerund	His persistence in prayer to God	a royal prohibition					tree rules

Option 2

His refusal to consume the provisions of the royal table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consume	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 consume	mark
4	consume	consume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 provisions	det
6	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consume	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 table	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
9	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 table	amod
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provisions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	consume	to-infinitive	His refusal	the provisions of the royal table	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Asset
2	refuse		His = he		nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	provide		the royal table		nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

His flight from the city of Babylon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 flight	nmod:poss
2	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 city	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flight	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Babylon	case
7	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 city	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

His theft of gold from the royal treasury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 theft	nmod:poss
2	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 theft	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 treasury	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 treasury	det
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 treasury	amod
8	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 theft	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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