Exam question 4 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer

Select the response consistent with the established purposes of the collection taken during divine service.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, collection · What happens: select, establish, take, purpose · To what, where: response, collection

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 purposes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 purposes	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 purposes	amod
8	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 collection	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 collection	det
11	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 purposes	nmod
12	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 collection	acl
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 service	case
14	divine	divine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 service	compound
15	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taken	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	take	participle		the collection not said here	during divine service		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	purpose		the collection				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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

The remuneration of the minister for each and every sermon he delivers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remuneration	det
2	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 delivers	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 minister	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 minister	det
5	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remuneration	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 each	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 minister	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sermon	cc
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 sermon	det
10	sermon	sermon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remuneration	conj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 delivers	nsubj
12	delivers	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	present	the remuneration of the minister for each and every sermon						vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	remunerate			the minister for each					nom remuneration «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The imposition of a penalty for late attendance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 imposition	det
2	imposition	imposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 penalty	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 penalty	det
5	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imposition	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 attendance	case
7	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 attendance	amod
8	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imposition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose			a penalty				for late attendance	nom imposition «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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

The furtherance of the church's work and the relief of persons in need

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 furtherance	det
2	furtherance	furtherance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 work	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 church	case
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furtherance	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 relief	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relief	det
10	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 persons	case
12	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 relief	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 need	case
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	further			the church's work and the relief of persons in need					nom furtherance «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	work		the church						nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The procurement of confectionery for the Sunday school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 procurement	det
2	procurement	procurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 confectionery	case
4	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 procurement	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 school	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
7	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 school	compound
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 procurement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	procure			confectionery				for the Sunday school	nom procurement «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

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