Exam question 4 · The Sermon on the Mount

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning the plank and the speck?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, concern · To what, where: teaching

This is exam question 4 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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 teaching	det
10	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 plank	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plank	det
13	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teaching	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 speck	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 speck	det
16	speck	speck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teaching	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the teaching and the speck	of the following statements; concern the plank; accurately property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund			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

One ought to point out the faults of others at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 point	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 point	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 point	mark
4	point	point	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 point	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 faults	det
7	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 point	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 others	case
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 faults	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 point	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point out	ought	One	the faults of others					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Patient
2	fault			others					nom fault «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One ought to examine one's own faults before criticising those of others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 examine	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 examine	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	4 examine	mark
4	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 examine	obj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 one	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 faults	amod
8	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 examine	obj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 criticising	mark
10	criticising	criticise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 examine	advcl
11	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 criticising	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 others	case
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 those	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine	ought	One	one					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent one=Theme fault=Attribute
2	criticise	gerund	One not said here	those					tree rules

Option 3

Minor faults are graver than major ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 faults	amod
2	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 graver	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 graver	cop
4	graver	grave	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 ones	case
6	major	major	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ones	amod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 graver	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Minor faults					than major ones; grave property	tree rules

Option 4

Carpentry presents a hazard to the eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carpentry	carpentry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presents	nsubj
2	presents	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hazard	det
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presents	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 eyes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 eyes	det
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hazard	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	present	Carpentry	a hazard	the eyes				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme to eye=Recipient

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