Exam question 4 · Easter and Pentecost

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the event designated the Ascension.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, event · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, designate · To what, where: response, Ascension

This is exam question 4 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	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 event	det
13	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 designated	nsubj
14	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 concerning	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Ascension	det
16	Ascension	Ascension	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 designated	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here			tree rules
5	designate	past	the event	the Ascension		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ascension=Theme

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

Jesus was taken up into heaven forty days after Easter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 taken	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 taken	compound:prt
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 heaven	case
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
7	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taken	obl
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 Easter	case
10	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	past · passive		Jesus		heaven	after Easter; day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into heaven=Destination

Option 2

The Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Spirit	det
2	Holy	Holy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Spirit	flat
3	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 descended	nsubj
4	descended	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 disciples	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 disciples	det
7	disciples	disciple	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 descended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	past	the Holy Spirit					upon the disciples	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Jesus entered Jerusalem upon a donkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 donkey	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	Jesus		Jerusalem			upon a donkey	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme jerusalem=Destination

Option 4

The disciples spoke in many languages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disciples	det
2	disciples	disciple	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 languages	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 languages	amod
6	languages	language	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the disciples			many languages			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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