Exam question 3 · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…

Select the response consistent with the teaching of Islam concerning the jinn.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, teaching · What happens: select, concern, teach · To what, where: response, jinn, Islam

This is exam question 3 of lesson 101 «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» 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	_	7 teaching	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teaching	det
7	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Islam	case
9	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 teaching	nmod
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 teaching	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 jinn	det
12	jinn	jinn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	concern	gerund	the teaching of Islam not said here	the jinn	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jinn=Experiencer
3	teach			Islam	nom teaching «act 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

They are spirits of the dead which return to earth

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	3 spirits	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spirits	cop
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 return	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dead	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 return	amod
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 return	det
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spirits	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 earth	case
10	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	spirits				of which dead return to earth	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are beings created by God from smokeless fire

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	3 beings	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 beings	cop
3	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	created	create	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 beings	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 God	case
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 created	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	smokeless	smokeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fire	amod
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 created	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	beings					tree rules
2	create	participle		beings not said here		smokeless fire		by God	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from fire=Material

Option 3

They are inventions of the Thousand and One Nights alone

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	3 inventions	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 inventions	cop
3	inventions	invention	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Thousand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Thousand	det
6	Thousand	Thousand	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 inventions	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Nights	cc
8	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 Nights	nummod
9	Nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 inventions	conj
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 Nights	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	inventions and One Nights				of the Thousand	tree rules

Option 4

They are angels who dwell in the heavens

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	3 angels	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angels	cop
3	angels	angel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 dwell	nsubj
5	dwell	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angels	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 heavens	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 heavens	det
8	heavens	heaven	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dwell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	angels					tree rules
2	dwell	present	angels			the heavens			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heaven=Location

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