Exam question 4 · Baptism, communion and confirmation

Ascertain the purpose of the rite of confirmation.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, rite · What happens: ascertain, purpose · To what, where: purpose

This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Baptism, communion and confirmation» 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 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rite	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rite	det
6	rite	rite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 confirmation	case
8	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rite	nmod
9	.	.	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 purpose of the rite of confirmation					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	purpose		the rite of confirmation						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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The personal affirmation of the promises made at baptism

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 affirmation	det
2	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 affirmation	amod
3	affirmation	affirmation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 promises	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 promises	det
6	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 affirmation	nmod
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 promises	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 baptism	case
9	baptism	baptism	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		the promises not said here		baptism			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	affirm			the promises					nom affirmation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The ordination of the candidate to the priesthood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ordination	det
2	ordination	ordination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 candidate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 candidate	det
5	candidate	candidate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordination	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 priesthood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 priesthood	det
8	priesthood	priesthood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ordination	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The undertaking henceforth to commit no sin whatsoever for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 undertaking	det
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	_	2 undertaking	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 commit	mark
5	commit	commit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 undertaking	xcomp
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 sin	det
7	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 commit	obj
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 commit	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 commit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	gerund						henceforth property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	commit	to-infinitive		no sin				for life; whatsoever property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme

Option 4

The conferral of a Christian name upon an infant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conferral	det
2	conferral	conferral	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 name	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 name	det
5	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 name	amod
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conferral	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 infant	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 infant	det
9	infant	infant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer			a Christian name upon a infant					nom conferral «act transitive»: of=patient

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