Exam question 1 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer

Identify the principal reason for which the majority of Christians assemble for worship upon the first day of the week.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, majority · What happens: identify, assemble · To what, where: principal reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer» 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	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 assemble	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 majority	det
8	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assemble	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Christians	case
10	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 majority	nmod
11	assemble	assemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 worship	case
13	worship	worship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assemble	obl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 day	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 day	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 day	amod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assemble	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 week	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 week	det
20	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 day	nmod
21	.	.	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 principal reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	assemble	present	the majority of Christians				day	for the principal reason; for worship	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

That it is the day upon which the world was completed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 day	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 day	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 day	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 completed	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 completed	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 completed	aux:pass
11	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 day	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	the day					tree rules
2	complete	past · passive		the world			upon the day		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

That it is the day upon which Moses received the Law upon the mountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 day	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 day	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 day	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 received	obl
8	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 received	nsubj
9	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 day	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Law	det
11	Law	Law	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 received	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 mountain	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 mountain	det
14	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	the day					tree rules
2	receive	past	Moses	the Law			upon the day	upon the mountain	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent law=Theme upon which=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That it is the day upon which Jesus is held to have risen from the dead

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 day	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 day	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 day	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 held	obl
8	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 held	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 held	aux:pass
10	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 day	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 risen	mark
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 risen	aux
13	risen	rise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 held	advcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 dead	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dead	det
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 risen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	That	the day			tree rules
2	hold	present · passive		Jesus		upon the day	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme upon which=Location
3	rise	to-infinitive · perfect			the dead		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from dead=Initial_Location

Option 4

That it is the sole day exempt from compulsory education

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 exempt	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 exempt	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 exempt	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 exempt	det
5	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 exempt	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exempt	compound
7	exempt	exempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 education	case
9	compulsory	compulsory	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 education	compound
10	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exempt	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	the sole day exempt		compulsory education			tree rules

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