Exam question 4 · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the ordination of women.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, ordination

This is exam question 4 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	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 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ordination	det
11	ordination	ordination	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 women	case
13	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ordination	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the ordination of women		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ordination=Experiencer

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

No Christian church at present ordains women

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 church	det
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 church	amod
3	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ordains	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 present	case
5	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 church	nmod
6	ordains	ordain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ordains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	present	no Christian church at present	women					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme

Option 2

All Christian churches ordain women to every office

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 churches	det
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 churches	amod
3	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ordain	nsubj
4	ordain	ordain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ordain	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 office	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 office	det
8	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ordain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	present	all Christian churches	women				to every office	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent woman=Theme to office=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Many Protestant and Anglican churches ordain women; the Catholic and Orthodox churches do not

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 churches	amod
2	Protestant	protestant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 churches	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Anglican	cc
4	Anglican	anglican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Protestant	conj
5	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ordain	nsubj
6	ordain	ordain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ordain	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 churches	det
10	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 churches	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Orthodox	cc
12	Orthodox	orthodox	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Catholic	conj
13	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ordain	conj
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	present	Many Protestant churches	women					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme
2	not do	present	the Catholic churches						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only the Catholic Church ordains women as priests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 ordains	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Church	det
3	Catholic	Catholic	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Church	compound
4	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ordains	nsubj
5	ordains	ordain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ordains	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 priests	case
8	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ordains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	present	the Catholic Church	women				as priests	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent woman=Theme as priest=Attribute

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