Exam question 4 · Psalms and Proverbs

It is given that a pupil is counselled to «walk with the wise». Select the response consistent with the intent of the said counsel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, counsell, walk, select, say, intend · To what, where: It, pupil, response, said counsel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil is counselled to «walk with the wise».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 counselled	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 counselled	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 counselled	aux:pass
8	counselled	counsell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 walk	mark
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 walk	punct
11	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 counselled	advcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 wise	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wise	det
14	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 walk	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 wise	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	counsell	present · passive	a pupil		tree rules
3	walk in a quote	to-infinitive		with the wise	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the intent of the said counsel.

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 intent	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 intent	det
7	intent	intent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 counsel	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 counsel	det
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 counsel	amod
11	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 intent	nmod
12	.	.	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	say speech: assert	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	intend			the said counsel	nom intent «cognition transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

One ought to associate solely with scholars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 associate	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 associate	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 associate	mark
4	associate	associate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 associate	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 scholars	case
7	scholars	scholar	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 associate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	associate	ought	One					with scholars; solely property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with scholar=Co-Patient

Option 2

One ought to avoid all company entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 avoid	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 avoid	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 avoid	mark
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 company	det
6	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avoid	obj
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 avoid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	ought	One	all company				entirely property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent company=Location

Option 3

One ought to undertake daily walks for the sake of one's health

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 undertake	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 undertake	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 undertake	mark
4	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walks	amod
6	walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 undertake	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 sake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sake	det
9	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertake	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 health	case
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 health	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	ought	One	daily walks				for the sake of one's health	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

One's choice of companions shapes one's character

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 choice	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 choice	cop
3	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shapes	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 companions	case
5	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 choice	nmod
6	shapes	shape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 character	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 one	case
9	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shapes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	One	choice				of companions	tree rules
2	shape	present	choice	one's character					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset character=Product

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