Exam question 1 · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian conception of grace?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, conceive · To what, where: Christian conception, grace

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and heaven» 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 conception	det
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conception	amod
11	conception	conception	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 grace	case
13	grace	grace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conception	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the Christian conception of grace	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	conceive		grace		nom conception «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

An entitlement acquired through regular attendance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 entitlement	det
2	entitlement	entitlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 entitlement	acl
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 attendance	case
5	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 attendance	amod
6	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	participle		a entitlement not said here		regular attendance			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

A formal blessing pronounced exclusively at mealtimes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 blessing	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blessing	amod
3	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pronounced	nsubj
4	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 pronounced	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 mealtimes	case
7	mealtimes	mealtime	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pronounced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	past	a formal blessing			mealtimes		exclusively property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The love and assistance of God bestowed freely and unmerited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 love	det
2	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bestowed	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 assistance	cc
4	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 love	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 God	case
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 assistance	nmod
7	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	freely	freely	ADV	_	7 bestowed	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unmerited	cc
10	unmerited	unmerited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 freely	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bestow	past	the love and assistance of God					freely property	tree rules
2	assist			God					nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A recompense accorded in proportion to good conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 recompense	det
2	recompense	recompense	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	accorded	accord	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 recompense	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 proportion	case
5	proportion	proportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accorded	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 conduct	amod
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accorded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	participle		a recompense not said here		proportion		to good conduct goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to conduct=Goal

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