Exam question 2 · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the response of the three companions of Daniel to the royal command?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: response

This is exam question 2 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	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 response	det
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 companions	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 companions	det
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 companions	nummod
14	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 response	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Daniel	case
16	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 companions	nmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 command	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 command	det
19	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 command	amod
20	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the response of the three companions of Daniel				of the following statements; to the royal command; accurately property	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

They declined to venerate the image, avowing fidelity even should deliverance not be granted

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declined	nsubj
2	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 venerate	mark
4	venerate	venerate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declined	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 image	det
6	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 venerate	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 avowing	punct
8	avowing	avow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 declined	advcl
9	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 avowing	obj
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 deliverance	advmod
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 deliverance	aux
12	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 avowing	obl
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 granted	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 granted	aux:pass
15	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 declined	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decline	past	They			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not venerate	to-infinitive	They not said here	the image		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer image=Stimulus
3	avow	gerund	They not said here	fidelity	deliverance obl	vn declare-29.4 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent fidelity=Attribute
4	not grant	infinitive · passive	They not said here			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»

Option 2

They petitioned the king for exemption on grounds of age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 petitioned	nsubj
2	petitioned	petition	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 petitioned	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 exemption	case
6	exemption	exemption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 petitioned	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 grounds	case
8	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 petitioned	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 age	case
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grounds	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	petition	past	They	the king		grounds of age		for exemption	tree rules

Option 3

They fled the realm prior to the promulgation of the decree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 realm	det
4	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obj
5	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 promulgation	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 prior	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 promulgation	det
8	promulgation	promulgation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fled	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 decree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 decree	det
11	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promulgation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	They	the realm				prior the promulgation of the decree	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme realm=Initial_Location
2	promulgate			the decree					nom promulgation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

They venerated the image upon receiving assurance of safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 venerated	nsubj
2	venerated	venerate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 image	det
4	image	image	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 venerated	obj
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	6 receiving	mark
6	receiving	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 image	acl
7	assurance	assurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 receiving	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 safety	case
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assurance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	venerate	past	They	the image	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer image=Stimulus
2	receive	gerund	the image not said here	assurance of safety	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assurance=Theme
3	assure		safety		nom assurance «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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