Exam question 1 · Paul, his letters and the way of love

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Saul prior to his experience upon the road to Damascus?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Saul · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct, experience · To what, where: conduct, Saul

This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Paul, his letters and the way of love» 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 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Saul	case
12	Saul	Saul	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
13	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 experience	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 prior	fixed
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 experience	nmod:poss
16	experience	experience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 road	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 experience	nmod
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 Damascus	case
21	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 road	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the conduct of Saul	of the following statements; prior Saul's experience upon the road to Damascus; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct			Saul	prior Saul's experience upon the road to Damascus	nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient prior=obl
4	experience		Saul		upon the road to Damascus	nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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

He governed the province of Judaea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 governed	nsubj
2	governed	govern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 province	det
4	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 governed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Judaea	case
6	Judaea	Judaea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 province	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	govern	past	He	the province of Judaea					vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent province=Theme

Option 2

He was employed as a fisherman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 employed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 employed	aux:pass
3	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 fisherman	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fisherman	det
6	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · passive		He				as a fisherman	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as fisherman=Attribute

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

He persecuted the first Christians

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 persecuted	nsubj
2	persecuted	persecute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Christians	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 Christians	amod
5	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 persecuted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persecute	past	He	the first Christians					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christian=Patient

Option 4

He served as one of the twelve apostles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 served	nsubj
2	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 one	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 served	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 apostles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 apostles	det
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 apostles	nummod
8	apostles	apostle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	He					as one of the twelve apostles	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as one=Attribute

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