Exam question 2 · Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of the four soils in the Parable of the Sower?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 2 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	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 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 soils	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 soils	det
13	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 soils	nummod
14	soils	soil	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 significance	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 Parable	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Parable	det
17	Parable	Parable	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 soils	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Sower	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Sower	det
20	Sower	Sower	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Parable	nmod
21	?	?	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 significance of the four soils in the Parable of the Sower				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

They represent four nations of the ancient world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 represent	nsubj
2	represent	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 nations	nummod
4	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 represent	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 world	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 world	amod
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nations	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	present	They	four nations of the ancient world					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nation=Theme

Option 2

They represent the four Gospels of the New Testament

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 represent	nsubj
2	represent	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Gospels	det
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 Gospels	nummod
5	Gospels	Gospel	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 represent	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Testament	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Testament	det
8	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Testament	amod
9	Testament	Testament	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Gospels	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	present	They	the four Gospels of the New Testament					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gospel=Theme

Option 3

They represent the four seasons of the agricultural year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 represent	nsubj
2	represent	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seasons	det
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 seasons	nummod
5	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 represent	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 year	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 year	det
8	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 year	amod
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seasons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	present	They				season		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They represent different dispositions of those who hear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 represent	nsubj
2	represent	represent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dispositions	amod
4	dispositions	disposition	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 represent	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 those	case
6	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 dispositions	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 hear	nsubj
8	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 those	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	represent	present	They	different dispositions of those					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot disposition=Theme
2	hear	present							vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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