Exam question 1 · Easter and Pentecost

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the condition of the tomb as discovered by the women on the third day?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, discover, condition · To what, where: condition, tomb

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Easter and Pentecost» 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 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tomb	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tomb	det
13	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 condition	nmod
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 discovered	mark
15	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 condition	acl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 women	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 women	det
18	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 discovered	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	22 day	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 day	det
21	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	22 day	amod
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 discovered	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the condition of the tomb		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	discover	participle	the condition of the tomb not said here	day	by the women	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	condition		the tomb			nom condition «state 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

The tomb had been broken open and destroyed by an earthquake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tomb	det
2	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 broken	aux:pass
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 broken	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 destroyed	cc
8	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 broken	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 earthquake	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 earthquake	det
11	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect · passive	a earthquake	the tomb				open property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient
2	destroy	participle	a earthquake not said here						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The body of Jesus remained within the tomb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remained	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Jesus	case
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 body	nmod
5	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 tomb	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tomb	det
8	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	the body of Jesus					within the tomb	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The stone had been rolled away and the tomb was empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stone	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rolled	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rolled	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 rolled	aux:pass
5	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 rolled	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 empty	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tomb	det
9	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 empty	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 empty	cop
11	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rolled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll away	past · perfect · passive		the stone				away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent
2	is	past	the tomb					empty property	tree rules

Option 4

The tomb was sealed and guarded by soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tomb	det
2	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sealed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sealed	aux:pass
4	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 guarded	cc
6	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sealed	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 soldiers	case
8	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 guarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	past · passive		the tomb					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	guard	participle						by soldiers	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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