Exam question 3 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer
Ascertain the signification of the Hebrew word «Amen» as pronounced at the conclusion of prayer.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, pronounce, signify, conclude · To what, where: signification, conclusion, Hebrew word, prayer
This is exam question 3 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 signification | det |
| 3 | signification | signification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 word | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | Hebrew | hebrew | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signification | nmod |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 Amen | punct |
| 9 | Amen | Amen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 word | appos |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 Amen | punct |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 pronounced | mark |
| 12 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ascertain | advcl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 conclusion | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 conclusion | det |
| 15 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pronounced | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 prayer | case |
| 17 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 conclusion | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the signification of the Hebrew word | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pronounce | participle | you not said here | the conclusion of prayer | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | signify | the Hebrew word | nom signification «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | conclude | prayer | nom conclusion «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 · ✓ the right answer
So be it, or truly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 it | advmod |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 it | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 truly | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 truly | cc |
| 6 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 3 it | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | imperative | you not said here | it | truly property | tree rules |
Option 2
Peace be upon you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 be | nsubj |
| 2 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 4 you | case |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 be | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | infinitive | Peace | upon you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon you=Location |
Option 3
The service is hereby concluded
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 service | det |
| 2 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 concluded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 concluded | aux:pass |
| 4 | hereby | hereby | ADV | _ | 5 concluded | advmod |
| 5 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | present · passive | the service | hereby property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Glory to God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 God | case |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Glory | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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