Exam question 2 · What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Identify the signification of the title «Christ» as applied to Jesus of Nazareth.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, apply, signify · To what, where: signification, Jesus, title
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 signification | det |
| 3 | signification | signification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 title | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 title | det |
| 6 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signification | nmod |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Christ | punct |
| 8 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 title | appos |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 Christ | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 applied | mark |
| 11 | applied | apply | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Identify | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Jesus | case |
| 13 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 applied | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Nazareth | case |
| 15 | Nazareth | Nazareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Jesus | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the signification of the title | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent signification=Theme | ||||
| 2 | apply | participle | you not said here | Jesus of Nazareth | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | signify | the title | nom signification «communication 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
A title conferred upon Jesus by the Roman authorities at his trial
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 title | det |
| 2 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | conferred | confer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 title | acl |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 Jesus | case |
| 5 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 conferred | obl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 authorities | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 authorities | det |
| 8 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 authorities | amod |
| 9 | authorities | authority | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 conferred | obl:agent |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 trial | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 trial | nmod:poss |
| 12 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 conferred | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confer | participle | a title not said here | Jesus's trial | upon Jesus | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | try | Jesus | nom trial «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
The designation of the town wherein Jesus was born
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 designation | det |
| 2 | designation | designation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wherein | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 town | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 town | det |
| 5 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 designation | nmod |
| 6 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 7 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 born | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 born | aux:pass |
| 9 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wherein | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | Jesus | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | designate | the town | nom designation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The family name borne by Joseph of Nazareth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 name | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 name | compound |
| 3 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 name | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Joseph | case |
| 6 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 borne | obl:agent |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Nazareth | case |
| 8 | Nazareth | Nazareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Joseph | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | the family name not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The anointed one, the Messiah promised in the Jewish Scriptures
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 one | det |
| 2 | anointed | anoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 promised | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 one | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Messiah | det |
| 6 | Messiah | Messiah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 promised | nsubj |
| 7 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Scriptures | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Scriptures | det |
| 10 | Jewish | Jewish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Scriptures | amod |
| 11 | Scriptures | Scripture | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 promised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | anoint | participle | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | past | the anointed one | the Jewish Scriptures | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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