Exam question 3 · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★

Select the statement most consistent with the account of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:8.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, account · To what, where: statement, Zacchaeus, Luke

This is exam question 3 of lesson 103 «Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★» 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 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 statement	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 account	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Zacchaeus	case
10	Zacchaeus	Zacchaeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Luke	case
12	Luke	Luke	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod
13	19:8	19:8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 Luke	flat
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	account			Zacchaeus		Luke			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place

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

He refused all restitution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 restitution	det
4	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He	all restitution					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent restitution=Theme

Option 2

He gave everything to the Temple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 gave	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Temple	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Temple	det
6	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	everything	the Temple				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Theme to temple=Recipient

Option 3

He repaid exactly what he had taken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 repaid	nsubj
2	repaid	repay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 repaid	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 taken	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taken	aux
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repay	past	He						vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
2	take	past · perfect	he						vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He undertook to repay fourfold any he had cheated and to give half his possessions to the poor

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 undertook	nsubj
2	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 repay	mark
4	repay	repay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 undertook	xcomp
5	fourfold	fourfol	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 cheated	mark
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 cheated	nsubj:pass
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cheated	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cheated	aux
9	cheated	cheat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 repay	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 give	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 give	mark
12	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 cheated	conj
13	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	15 possessions	det:predet
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 possessions	nmod:poss
15	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 give	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 poor	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 poor	det
18	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	undertake	past	He			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	repay	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	fourfol	participle				tree rules
4	cheat	past · perfect · passive		any		vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
5	give	to-infinitive		his possessions	the poor	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent possession=Theme to poor=Recipient
6	possess		his = he			nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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