Exam question 4 · Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the parable of the rich fool.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, parable

This is exam question 4 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	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	11 parable	det
11	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 fool	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fool	det
14	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fool	amod
15	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 parable	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	the parable of the rich fool		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus parable=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

He bequeathed his barns to the Temple

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 bequeathed	nsubj
2	bequeathed	bequeath	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 barns	nmod:poss
4	barns	barn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bequeathed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Temple	det
7	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bequeathed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bequeath	past	He	his barns	the Temple				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent barn=Theme to temple=Goal

Option 2

He forfeited his wealth through shipwreck

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 forfeited	nsubj
2	forfeited	forfeit	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 wealth	nmod:poss
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forfeited	obj
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 shipwreck	case
6	shipwreck	shipwreck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forfeited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forfeit	past	He	his wealth		shipwreck			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme

Option 3

He distributed his wealth to the poor and lived long

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 distributed	nsubj
2	distributed	distribute	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 wealth	nmod:poss
4	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distributed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 poor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poor	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 distributed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lived	cc
9	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 distributed	conj
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute	past	He	his wealth	the poor				vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme to poor=Recipient
2	live	past	He not said here					long property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He enlarged his barns to store his wealth and died that same night

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 enlarged	nsubj
2	enlarged	enlarge	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 barns	nmod:poss
4	barns	barn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enlarged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 store	mark
6	store	store	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 enlarged	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wealth	nmod:poss
8	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 store	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 died	cc
10	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 enlarged	conj
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 night	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 night	amod
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 died	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	enlarge	past	He	his barns		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent barn=Patient
2	store	to-infinitive	He not said here	his wealth		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme
3	die	past	He not said here		night	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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