Exam question 1 · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian understanding of marriage vows?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, understand · To what, where: Christian understanding, marriage vows

This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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	11 understanding	det
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 understanding	amod
11	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 vows	case
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 vows	compound
14	vows	vow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 understanding	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the Christian understanding of marriage vows	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	understand		marriage vows		nom understanding «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

An undertaking binding solely upon members of the clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 undertaking	det
2	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	binding	bind	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 undertaking	acl
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 binding	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 members	case
6	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 binding	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 clergy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clergy	det
9	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	gerund	a undertaking not said here					upon members of the clergy; solely property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A private arrangement of fixed duration terminable at will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arrangement	det
2	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arrangement	amod
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 will	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 duration	case
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 duration	amod
6	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrangement	nmod
7	terminable	terminable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 duration	amod
8	at	at	ADP	_	7 terminable	obl
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	arrange			fixed duration					nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A public and lifelong undertaking of fidelity made before God and witnesses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 undertaking	det
2	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 undertaking	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lifelong	cc
4	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 public	conj
5	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 fidelity	case
7	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaking	nmod
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 undertaking	acl
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 God	case
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl:agent
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 witnesses	cc
12	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 God	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a public undertaking of fidelity not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	undertake			fidelity					nom undertaking «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A financial contract concluded between two families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 contract	det
2	financial	financial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 contract	amod
3	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 contract	acl
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 families	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 families	nummod
7	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	participle		a financial contract not said here				between two families	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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