Exam question 3 · Jesus' life and teaching
It is given that Zacchaeus, a collector of taxes, received Jesus into his house. Ascertain his subsequent conduct.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zacchaeus, you · What happens: give, receive, ascertain, conduct · To what, where: It, Jesus, house, subsequent conduct
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that Zacchaeus, a collector of taxes, received Jesus into his house.
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 | _ | 12 received | mark |
| 5 | Zacchaeus | Zacchaeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 received | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 collector | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 collector | det |
| 8 | collector | collector | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Zacchaeus | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 taxes | case |
| 10 | taxes | tax | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 collector | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Zacchaeus | punct |
| 12 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 received | obj |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 house | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 house | nmod:poss |
| 16 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 received | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | receive | past | Zacchaeus | Jesus | Zacchaeus's house | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesus=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: Ascertain his subsequent conduct.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 3 | subsequent | subsequent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 conduct | amod |
| 4 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | Zacchaeus's subsequent conduct | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | ||||
| 2 | conduct | Zacchaeus | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He resigned his office and fled the town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 resigned | nsubj |
| 2 | resigned | resign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 office | nmod:poss |
| 4 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 resigned | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fled | cc |
| 6 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 resigned | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 town | det |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resign | past | He | his office | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent office=Theme | ||||
| 2 | flee | past | He not said here | the town | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme town=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He restored fourfold that which he had wrongfully taken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fourfold | nsubj |
| 2 | restored | restore | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fourfold | aux:pass |
| 3 | fourfold | fourfol | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 taken | mark |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 taken | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 taken | aux |
| 8 | wrongfully | wrongfully | ADV | _ | 9 taken | advmod |
| 9 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fourfold | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fourfol | past · passive | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | take | past · perfect · passive | wrongfully property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
He declined to make any restitution whatsoever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 declined | nsubj |
| 2 | declined | decline | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 make | mark |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 declined | xcomp |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 restitution | det |
| 6 | restitution | restitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 7 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 4 make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decline | past | He | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not make | to-infinitive | He not said here | any restitution | whatsoever property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset restitution=Product |
Option 4
He was received among the twelve apostles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 received | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 received | aux:pass |
| 3 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | among | among | ADP | _ | 7 apostles | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 apostles | det |
| 6 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 apostles | nummod |
| 7 | apostles | apostle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 received | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past · passive | He | the twelve apostles | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme among apostle=Location |
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