Exam question 3 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Pontius Pilate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct · To what, where: conduct, Pontius Pilate

This is exam question 3 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	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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Pilate	case
12	Pontius	Pontius	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Pilate	compound
13	Pilate	Pilate	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
14	?	?	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 conduct of Pontius Pilate	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		Pontius Pilate		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

He found no fault in Jesus yet acceded to the demands of the crowd

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 fault	det
4	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Jesus	case
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 acceded	obl
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	8 acceded	advmod
8	acceded	accede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 found	parataxis
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 demands	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 demands	det
11	demands	demand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 acceded	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 crowd	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 crowd	det
14	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 demands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	no fault				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic
2	accede	past			Jesus	yet	to the demands of the crowd	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to demand=Theme
3	demand			the crowd				nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He took no part whatsoever in the proceedings

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 part	det
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 took	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 proceedings	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 proceedings	det
8	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	no part		the proceedings		whatsoever property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in proceedings=Location

Option 3

He released Jesus contrary to the wishes of the crowd

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 released	nsubj
2	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 contrary	compound
4	contrary	contrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 released	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wishes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wishes	det
7	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 released	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 crowd	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crowd	det
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wishes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past	He	Jesus contrary				to the wishes of the crowd	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer contrary=Source
2	wish		the crowd						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

He found Jesus guilty upon substantial evidence

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 guilty	nsubj
4	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	ccomp
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 evidence	case
6	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 evidence	amod
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guilty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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