Exam question 1 · What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian doctrine of the Trinity?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, indoctrinate · To what, where: Christian doctrine, Trinity
This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit» 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 | 11 doctrine | det |
| 10 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 doctrine | amod |
| 11 | doctrine | doctrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Trinity | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Trinity | det |
| 14 | Trinity | Trinity | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 doctrine | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the Christian doctrine of the Trinity | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | indoctrinate | the Trinity | nom doctrine «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
God, the Virgin Mary and Jesus as a divine household
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mary | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mary | det |
| 4 | Virgin | Virgin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Mary | compound |
| 5 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 God | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Jesus | cc |
| 7 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Mary | conj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 household | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 household | det |
| 10 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 household | amod |
| 11 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Mary | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Three distinct deities acting in concert
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 deities | nummod |
| 2 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 deities | amod |
| 3 | deities | deity | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | acting | act | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 deities | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 concert | case |
| 6 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 acting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | gerund | Three distinct deities not said here | concert | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A single person appearing successively in three disguises
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 2 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | appearing | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 person | acl |
| 5 | successively | successively | ADV | _ | 4 appearing | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 disguises | case |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 disguises | nummod |
| 8 | disguises | disguise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 appearing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | gerund | a single person not said here | three disguises | successively property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in disguise=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
One God subsisting in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 God | nummod |
| 2 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | subsisting | subsist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 God | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 persons | case |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 persons | nummod |
| 6 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 subsisting | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Father | punct |
| 8 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 persons | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Son | punct |
| 10 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Father | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Spirit | cc |
| 12 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Spirit | flat |
| 13 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Father | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | subsist | gerund | One God not said here | in three persons | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
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