Exam question 2 · Jesus' life and teaching
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the commandment designated by Jesus as the greatest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, designate · To what, where: commandment
This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» 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 commandment | det |
| 10 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 11 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 commandment | acl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 Jesus | case |
| 13 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 designated | obl |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 greatest | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 greatest | det |
| 16 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 designated | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the commandment | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | designate | participle | the commandment not said here | by Jesus; as the greatest | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as great=Attribute |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Love of God with the whole heart, soul and mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 God | case |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Love | nmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 heart | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 heart | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 heart | amod |
| 7 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Love | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 soul | punct |
| 9 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heart | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 mind | cc |
| 11 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heart | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | God | with the whole heart and soul and mind | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient with=obl |
Option 2
Payment of a tenth of one's income
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 tenth | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tenth | det |
| 4 | tenth | tenth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Payment | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 income | case |
| 6 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 income | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 one | case |
| 8 | income | income | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tenth | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | a tenth of one's income | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
Avoidance of all contact with sinners
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avoidance | avoidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 contact | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 contact | det |
| 4 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Avoidance | nmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 sinners | case |
| 6 | sinners | sinner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 contact | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | all contact with sinners | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Strict observance of the Sabbath rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 observance | amod |
| 2 | observance | observance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 rest | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rest | det |
| 5 | Sabbath | Sabbath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 rest | compound |
| 6 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 observance | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | observe | the Sabbath rest | nom observance «act transitive»: of=patient |
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