Exam question 2 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion

Ascertain the sum for which Judas Iscariot is recorded as having betrayed Jesus to the authorities.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, record, have, betray · To what, where: sum, Judas, betrayed Jesus

This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 recorded	obl
6	Judas	Judas	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recorded	nsubj
7	Iscariot	Iscariot	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Judas	flat
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 recorded	aux:pass
9	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sum	acl:relcl
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 having	mark
11	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 recorded	advcl
12	betrayed	betray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 Jesus	amod
13	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 having	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 authorities	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 authorities	det
16	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 having	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the sum		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic
2	record	present · passive		Judas	for the sum	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	have	gerund		betrayed Jesus	to the authorities	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesus=Patient
4	betray	participle				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

Twelve pieces of gold from the Temple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pieces	nummod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Temple	det
7	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Forty pieces of bronze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forty	forty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pieces	amod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bronze	case
4	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Five pieces of silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pieces	nummod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 silver	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Thirty pieces of silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pieces	nummod
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 silver	case
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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