Exam question 4 · Jesus' life and teaching

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Christian season of Lent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 season	det
11	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 season	amod
12	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Lent	case
14	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 season	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here		season		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

It commemorates the journey of the magi

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	2 commemorates	nsubj
2	commemorates	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 journey	det
4	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commemorates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 magi	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 magi	det
7	magi	magus	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 journey	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	It	the journey of the magi					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Theme
2	journey			the magi					nom journey «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit

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	2 commemorates	nsubj
2	commemorates	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coming	det
4	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 commemorates	ccomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Spirit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Spirit	det
7	Holy	Holy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Spirit	flat
8	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	It						tree rules
2	come	gerund						of the Holy Spirit	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of spirit=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It commemorates forty days of Jesus' temptation in the desert

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	2 commemorates	nsubj
2	commemorates	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 days	nummod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 commemorates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 temptation	case
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 temptation	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 Jesus	case
8	temptation	temptation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 days	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 desert	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 desert	det
11	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commemorates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	It			the desert	day		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tempt		Jesus						nom temptation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It commemorates the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem

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	2 commemorates	nsubj
2	commemorates	commemorate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 birth	det
4	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commemorates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Jesus	case
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 birth	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Bethlehem	case
8	Bethlehem	Bethlehem	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 commemorates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commemorate	present	It	the birth of Jesus		Bethlehem			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme

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