Exam question 2 · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel

Select the response that is consistent with the established Christian teaching concerning the Fall.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established Christian teaching · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Fall

This is exam question 2 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	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	_	11 teaching	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teaching	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 teaching	amod
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 teaching	amod
11	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 teaching	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Fall	det
14	Fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	.	.	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 Christian teaching; 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 Christian teaching not said here	the Fall		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fall=Experiencer

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 Fall denotes the deluge which covered the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Fall	det
2	Fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	nsubj
3	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deluge	det
5	deluge	deluge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 denotes	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 covered	nsubj
7	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 deluge	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 earth	det
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 covered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the Fall	the deluge					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deluge=Topic
2	cover	past	the deluge	the earth					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Destination

Option 2

The Fall was succeeded by the total and permanent withdrawal of divine care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Fall	det
2	Fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 succeeded	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 succeeded	aux:pass
4	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 total	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 total	det
7	total	total	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 succeeded	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 withdrawal	cc
9	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 withdrawal	amod
10	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 total	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 care	case
12	divine	divine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 care	compound
13	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 withdrawal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	succeed	past · passive	the total and permanent withdrawal of divine care	the Fall					tree rules
2	withdraw			divine care					nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sin and its consequences entered the world through the first disobedience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entered	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 consequences	cc
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 consequences	nmod:poss
4	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sin	conj
5	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entered	obj
8	through	through	ADP	_	11 disobedience	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 disobedience	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 disobedience	amod
11	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	Sin and its consequences	the world		the first disobedience			vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Destination

Option 4

The Fall pertains exclusively to the wicked among humanity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Fall	det
2	Fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pertains	nsubj
3	pertains	pertain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 pertains	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wicked	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wicked	det
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pertains	xcomp
8	among	among	ADP	_	9 humanity	case
9	humanity	humanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pertain	present	the Fall					exclusively, wicked property	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme

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