Exam question 2 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a sermon?

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

This is exam question 2 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	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	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 sermon	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sermon	det
13	sermon	sermon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of a sermon				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

A choral composition performed by the assembled congregation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 composition	det
2	choral	choral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 composition	amod
3	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 composition	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 congregation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 congregation	det
7	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 congregation	amod
8	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	participle		a choral composition not said here				by the assembled congregation	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	assemble	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A silent supplication offered individually by each worshipper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 supplication	det
2	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 supplication	amod
3	supplication	supplication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 supplication	acl
5	individually	individually	ADV	_	4 offered	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 worshipper	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 worshipper	det
8	worshipper	worshipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	participle		a silent supplication not said here				by each worshipper; individually property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An exposition of a scriptural passage and its application to conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 exposition	det
2	exposition	exposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 passage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 passage	det
5	scriptural	scriptural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 passage	amod
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposition	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 application	cc
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 application	nmod:poss
9	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passage	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 conduct	mark
11	conduct	conduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 application	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	conduct	to-infinitive			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	exposit			a scriptural passage and exposition's application	nom exposition «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	apply		exposition		nom application «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

An enumeration of parishioners suffering from illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 enumeration	det
2	enumeration	enumeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 parishioners	case
4	parishioners	parishioner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enumeration	nmod
5	suffering	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 enumeration	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 illness	case
7	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suffering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	gerund	a enumeration of parishioners not said here			illness			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	enumerate			parishioners					nom enumeration «communication transitive»: of=patient

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