Exam question 2 · Psalms and Proverbs

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the inclusion of psalms of lament within the Psalter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, include · To what, where: inclusion, psalms

This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Psalms and Proverbs» 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 inclusion	det
10	inclusion	inclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 psalms	case
12	psalms	psalm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 inclusion	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 lament	case
14	lament	lament	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 psalms	nmod
15	within	within	ADP	_	17 Psalter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Psalter	det
17	Psalter	Psalter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the inclusion of psalms of lament	of the following statements; within the Psalter; accurately property	tree rules
3	include		psalms of lament		nom inclusion «state 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 demonstrate that sorrow is prohibited to believers

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 demonstrate	nsubj
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sorrow	det
4	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prohibited	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 prohibited	aux:pass
6	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 demonstrate	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 believers	case
8	believers	believer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	prohibit	present · passive		that sorrow				to believers	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They demonstrate that God attends solely to praise

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 demonstrate	nsubj
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 attends	mark
4	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 attends	nsubj
5	attends	attend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 demonstrate	ccomp
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	5 attends	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 praise	mark
8	praise	praise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 attends	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	They		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	attend	present	God	solely property	tree rules
3	praise	to-infinitive	God not said here		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They demonstrate that sorrow and complaint may be honestly addressed to God

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 demonstrate	nsubj
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sorrow	det
4	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 addressed	nsubj:pass
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 complaint	cc
6	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorrow	conj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 addressed	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 addressed	aux:pass
9	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	10 addressed	advmod
10	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 demonstrate	ccomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 God	case
12	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 addressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	address	may · passive		that sorrow and complaint	God			honestly property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 4

They demonstrate that the authors had abandoned their faith

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 demonstrate	nsubj
2	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 abandoned	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 authors	det
5	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 abandoned	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 abandoned	aux
7	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 demonstrate	ccomp
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 faith	nmod:poss
9	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abandoned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present	They						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	abandon	past · perfect · passive		the authors					tree rules

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