Exam question 4 · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…

Select the statement most consistent with Christian teaching concerning eternal life.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, concern · To what, where: statement

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 statement	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 teaching	case
7	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 teaching	amod
8	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 life	case
10	eternal	eternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teaching	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	concern	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 it commences in the present and endures beyond death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 commences	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 commences	nsubj
3	commences	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 present	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 present	det
6	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commences	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 endures	cc
8	endures	endure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 commences	conj
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	10 death	case
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 endures	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	present	That			the present			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	endure	present	That not said here			death			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond death=Location

Option 2

That it terminates upon the death of the believer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 terminates	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 terminates	nsubj
3	terminates	terminate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 death	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 death	det
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 terminates	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 believer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 believer	det
9	believer	believer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	present	That					upon the death of the believer	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	die		the believer						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

That it is conferred solely upon the attainment of old age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 conferred	nsubj:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 conferred	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 conferred	aux:pass
4	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 conferred	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 attainment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attainment	det
8	attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conferred	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 age	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 age	amod
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attainment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present · passive		That				upon the attainment of old age; solely property	tree rules
2	attain			old age					nom attainment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

That it is reserved exclusively for members of the clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 reserved	nsubj:pass
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reserved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reserved	aux:pass
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 reserved	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 members	case
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reserved	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 clergy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clergy	det
10	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		That				for members of the clergy; exclusively property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for member=Beneficiary

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