Exam question 1 · Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more

Identify the reason given by the servant who concealed his talent in the earth.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, servant · What happens: identify, give, conceal · To what, where: reason, talent, earth

This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 servant	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 servant	det
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 concealed	nsubj
9	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 servant	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 talent	nmod:poss
11	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concealed	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 earth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 earth	det
14	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concealed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	participle		the reason not said here		by the servant	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	conceal	past	the servant	his talent	the earth		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent talent=Patient in earth=Location

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 he wished to plant it for increase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wished	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wished	nsubj
3	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 plant	mark
5	plant	plant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wished	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 plant	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 increase	case
8	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	That						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	plant not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here	it				for increase	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

That he had forgotten its whereabouts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 forgotten	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forgotten	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 forgotten	aux
4	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 whereabouts	nmod:poss
6	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 forgotten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past · perfect · passive		That					tree rules

Option 3

That he intended it for the poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 intended	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 intended	nsubj
3	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 intended	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 poor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poor	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 intended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	past	That	it				for the poor	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That he was afraid of his master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 afraid	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 afraid	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 afraid	cop
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 master	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 master	nmod:poss
7	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					of his master; afraid property	tree rules

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