Exam question 1 · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel

Identify the principal manner in which, according to Genesis, the serpent induced the first woman to eat of the forbidden tree.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Genesis · What happens: identify, accord, induce, eat, forbid · To what, where: principal manner, first woman

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manner	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 induced	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Genesis	punct
8	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 Genesis	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 according	fixed
10	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 induced	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 serpent	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 serpent	det
13	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Genesis	appos
14	induced	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 woman	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 woman	amod
17	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 induced	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 eat	mark
19	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 induced	advcl
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 tree	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 tree	det
22	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 tree	amod
23	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 eat	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	induce	past	Genesis	the first woman		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient
4	eat	to-infinitive	Genesis not said here		of the forbidden tree	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of tree=Source
5	forbid	participle				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

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

By causing her to doubt the beneficence of the divine command

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 causing	mark
2	causing	cause	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 causing	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 doubt	mark
5	doubt	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 causing	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beneficence	det
7	beneficence	beneficence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doubt	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 command	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 command	det
10	divine	divine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 command	amod
11	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beneficence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	gerund		her = she					tree rules
2	doubt	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	the beneficence of the divine command					vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beneficence=Theme

Option 2

By informing her that the tree was not in fact forbidden to her at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 informing	mark
2	informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 informing	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 fact	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fact	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fact	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 fact	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 fact	case
10	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 informing	obl
11	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fact	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 forbidden	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	inform speech: other	gerund			her = she		vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	not is	past	the tree			fact	tree rules
3	forbid	participle		fact not said here	her = she	all	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3

By compelling her through physical force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 compelling	mark
2	compelling	compel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 compelling	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 force	case
5	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 force	amod
6	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compel	gerund		her = she		physical force			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4

By offering her dominion over the entire garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 offering	mark
2	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dominion	nmod:poss
4	dominion	dominion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offering	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
7	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 garden	amod
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	gerund		her dominion		the entire garden			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme

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