Exam question 3 · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel

State the significance of the interrogative "Am I my brother's keeper?" as understood in the Biblical narrative.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I · What happens: state, be, understand · To what, where: significance, keeper, Biblical narrative · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 significance	det
3	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 interrogative	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 interrogative	det
6	interrogative	interrogative	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 significance	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 keeper	punct
8	Am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 keeper	cop
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 keeper	nsubj
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keeper	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 brother	case
13	keeper	keeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 interrogative	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 keeper	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 keeper	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 understood	mark
17	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 State	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 narrative	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 narrative	det
20	Biblical	biblical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 narrative	amod
21	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 understood	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the interrogative		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent significance=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	I	my brother's keeper		tree rules
3	understand	participle	you not said here		the Biblical narrative	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Persons bear responsibility for the welfare of one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	nsubj
2	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 welfare	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 welfare	det
6	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 welfare	appos
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 one	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Persons	responsibility				for the welfare	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for welfare=Attribute

Option 2

Responsibility for others rests with the clergy alone, and not with the laity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rests	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 others	case
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Responsibility	nmod
4	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 clergy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clergy	det
7	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rests	obl
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 rests	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 laity	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 laity	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 laity	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 laity	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 laity	det
14	laity	laity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rests	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	Responsibility for others					with the clergy; with the laity; alone property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Persons bear responsibility exclusively for themselves and their own affairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bear	nsubj
2	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bear	obj
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 bear	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 bear	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 affairs	cc
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 affairs	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 affairs	amod
10	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 themselves	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	present	Persons	responsibility				for Persons = person; exclusively property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer responsibility=Stimulus for themselves=Attribute

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The question was uttered by Abel concerning his brother Cain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 uttered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 uttered	aux:pass
4	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Abel	case
6	Abel	Abel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 uttered	obl
7	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 Cain	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Cain	nmod:desc
10	Cain	Cain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 uttered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	past · passive	Abel	the question				concern Cain Abel's brother	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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