Exam question 3 · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…

Ascertain the meaning of the injunction to forgive «seventy times seven» times.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, forgive, mean · To what, where: meaning, injunction

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 injunction	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 injunction	det
6	injunction	injunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 forgive	mark
8	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 injunction	acl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 times	punct
10	seventy	seventy	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 times	compound
12	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	flat
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 times	punct
14	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forgive	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of the injunction		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	forgive	to-infinitive	you not said here		time	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the injunction		nom meaning «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That forgiveness ought to be extended without reckoning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 forgiveness	det
2	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 extended	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 extended	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 extended	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 extended	aux:pass
6	extended	extend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 reckoning	mark
8	reckoning	reckon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 extended	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	ought · passive		that forgiveness					vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
2	reckon	gerund							vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

That seven persons only are to be forgiven daily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 persons	nsubj
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 persons	nummod
3	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forgiven	nsubj:pass
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 persons	advmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 forgiven	aux:pass
6	to	to	PART	_	8 forgiven	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 forgiven	aux:pass
8	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	daily	daily	ADV	_	8 forgiven	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	person		That						tree rules
2	forgive	present · passive		seven persons				daily property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

That forgiveness ceases after four hundred and ninety offences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 forgiveness	det
2	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ceases	nsubj
3	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	9 offences	case
5	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	compound
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 offences	nummod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ninety	cc
8	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 hundred	conj
9	offences	offence	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ceases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	that forgiveness				after hundred offences		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

That forgiveness is contingent upon a sevenfold apology

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 forgiveness	det
2	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contingent	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 contingent	cop
4	contingent	contingent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 apology	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 apology	det
7	sevenfold	sevenfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 apology	compound
8	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 contingent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that forgiveness	contingent				upon a sevenfold apology	tree rules

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