Exam question 2 · The church year

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the festival accounted the greatest in the Christian calendar.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, concerning · What happens: select, establish, concern, account · To what, where: response, festival, greatest, Christian calendar

This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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	12 accounted	csubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 festival	det
11	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	accounted	account	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 facts	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 greatest	det
14	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 accounted	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 calendar	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 calendar	det
17	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 calendar	amod
18	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 greatest	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 festival			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus festival=Experiencer
4	account	past	concerning	the greatest	the Christian calendar		tree rules

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

Christmas Day, celebrating the Nativity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Day	compound
2	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 celebrating	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Day	punct
4	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Nativity	det
6	Nativity	Nativity	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 celebrating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	gerund	Christmas Day	the Nativity					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nativity=Theme

Option 2

Epiphany, celebrating the Magi

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Epiphany	Epiphany	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 celebrating	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Epiphany	punct
3	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Magi	det
5	Magi	Magi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 celebrating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	gerund	Epiphany	the Magi					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magi=Theme

Option 3

Harvest Festival, celebrating the crops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harvest	Harvest	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 celebrating	nsubj
2	Festival	Festival	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Harvest	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Harvest	punct
4	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crops	det
6	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 celebrating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	gerund	Harvest	the crops					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Easter Day, celebrating the Resurrection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Day	compound
2	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 celebrating	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Day	punct
4	celebrating	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Resurrection	det
6	Resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 celebrating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	gerund	Easter Day	the Resurrection					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resurrection=Theme

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