Exam question 3 · Paul, his letters and the way of love

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the comparison drawn by Paul between the Church and a body.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, draw · To what, where: response, comparison

This is exam question 3 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	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 comparison	det
13	comparison	comparison	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 comparison	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 Paul	case
16	Paul	Paul	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 drawn	obl
17	between	between	ADP	_	19 Church	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Church	det
19	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 drawn	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 body	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 body	det
22	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Church	conj
23	.	.	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	the comparison		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus comparison=Experiencer
5	draw	participle		the comparison not said here	by Paul; between the Church and a body	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 head alone is of consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 head	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nsubj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 head	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	cop
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the head					of consequence	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Every member is necessary and none is without importance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 necessary	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 necessary	cop
4	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 importance	cc
6	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	9 importance	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 importance	cop
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 importance	case
9	importance	importance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 necessary	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	every member					necessary property	tree rules
2	is	present	none					without importance	tree rules

Option 3

Each member ought to function independently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 function	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 function	mark
5	function	function	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	independently	independently	ADV	_	5 function	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	function	ought	each member					independently property	vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The weaker members ought to be removed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 members	det
2	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 members	amod
3	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 removed	nsubj:pass
4	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 removed	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	7 removed	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 removed	aux:pass
7	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	ought · passive		the weaker members					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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