Exam question 4 · The birth of Jesus
It is given that the infant was placed in a manger. State the nature of the said object.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, place, say · To what, where: It, infant, manger · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the infant was placed in a manger.
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 placed | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 infant | det |
| 6 | infant | infant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 placed | aux:pass |
| 8 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 manger | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 manger | det |
| 11 | manger | manger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 placed | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | place | past · passive | the infant | a manger | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in manger=Destination |
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: State the nature of the said object.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 nature | det |
| 3 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | nmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 object | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 object | det |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 object | amod |
| 7 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nature | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | participle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A shepherd's portable tent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 shepherd | det |
| 2 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tent | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 shepherd | case |
| 4 | portable | portable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tent | amod |
| 5 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A trough from which animals feed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 trough | det |
| 2 | trough | trough | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 which | case |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 feed | obl |
| 5 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 feed | nsubj |
| 6 | feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 trough | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | present | animals | a trough | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A cradle of carved wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cradle | det |
| 2 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 wood | case |
| 4 | carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 wood | amod |
| 5 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cradle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
An upper room of an inn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 room | det |
| 2 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 room | amod |
| 3 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 inn | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 inn | det |
| 6 | inn | inn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 room | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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