Exam question 2 · The birth of Jesus

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the doctrine of the Incarnation?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, indoctrinate · To what, where: doctrine, Incarnation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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 doctrine	det
10	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Incarnation	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Incarnation	det
13	Incarnation	Incarnation	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 doctrine	nmod
14	?	?	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 doctrine of the Incarnation	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	indoctrinate		the Incarnation		nom doctrine «cognition 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

That Jesus was solely an exemplary teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Jesus	det
2	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 teacher	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 teacher	cop
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	7 teacher	advmod
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
6	exemplary	exemplary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 teacher	amod
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that Jesus	a exemplary teacher				solely property	tree rules

Option 2

That Jesus was an angel in human appearance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Jesus	det
2	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 angel	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 angel	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 angel	det
5	angel	angel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 appearance	case
7	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 appearance	amod
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 angel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that Jesus	a angel		human appearance			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That God resides exclusively within the Temple at Jerusalem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 God	det
2	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 resides	nsubj
3	resides	reside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 resides	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 Temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Temple	det
7	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 resides	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Jerusalem	case
9	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Temple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reside	present	that God					within the Temple at Jerusalem; exclusively property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That God the Son assumed a truly human nature in Jesus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 God	det
2	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 assumed	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Son	det
4	Son	Son	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 God	appos
5	assumed	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 nature	det
7	truly	truly	ADV	_	8 human	advmod
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nature	amod
9	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assumed	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Jesus	case
11	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 assumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	past	that God	a human nature		Jesus			vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Theme

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