Exam question 4 · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

Select the response consistent with the established text concerning the vision of Isaiah.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established text · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, vision

This is exam question 4 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 text	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 text	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 text	amod
8	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 text	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vision	det
11	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Isaiah	case
13	Isaiah	Isaiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 vision	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established text not said here	the vision of Isaiah	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vision=Experiencer

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

Ploughs are to be beaten into swords for a final war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ploughs	plough	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beaten	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 beaten	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 beaten	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 beaten	aux:pass
5	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 swords	case
7	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beaten	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 war	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 war	det
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 war	amod
11	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	present · passive		Ploughs		swords		for a final war	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient into sword=Recipient

Option 2

The wolf shall devour the lamb, and swords shall be multiplied across all the earth

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devour	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 devour	aux
4	devour	devour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lamb	det
6	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devour	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 multiplied	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 multiplied	cc
9	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 multiplied	nsubj:pass
10	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 multiplied	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 multiplied	aux:pass
12	multiplied	multiply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 devour	parataxis
13	across	across	ADP	_	16 earth	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 earth	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 earth	det
16	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 multiplied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devour	shall	the wolf	the lamb					vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient
2	multiply	shall · passive		swords		all earth			vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

All animals shall be removed from the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removed	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 removed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 removed	aux:pass
5	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	shall · passive		all animals		the land			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from land=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Swords are to be beaten into ploughshares, and the wolf shall dwell with the lamb

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beaten	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 beaten	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 beaten	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 beaten	aux:pass
5	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 ploughshares	case
7	ploughshares	ploughshare	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beaten	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dwell	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dwell	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dwell	nsubj
12	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 dwell	aux
13	dwell	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 beaten	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 lamb	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lamb	det
16	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dwell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	present · passive		Swords		ploughshares			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient into ploughshare=Recipient
2	dwell	shall	the wolf					with the lamb	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with lamb=Location

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