Exam question 3 · Sunday school, youth groups and charity

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning food banks.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, food banks

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Sunday school, youth groups and charity» 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	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 banks	compound
11	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	food banks		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bank=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 · ✓ the right answer

They furnish food to households unable to afford sufficient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 furnish	nsubj
2	furnish	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 furnish	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 households	case
5	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 furnish	obl
6	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 furnish	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 afford	mark
8	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 unable	xcomp
9	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 afford	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	present	They	food	households				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to household=Recipient
2	afford	to-infinitive	They not said here					sufficient property	tree rules

Option 2

They distribute food solely to church members

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 distribute	nsubj
2	distribute	distribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distribute	obj
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 distribute	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 members	case
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	compound
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 distribute	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute	present	They	food	church members			solely property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to member=Recipient

Option 3

They sell provisions at reduced prices for profit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sell	nsubj
2	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sell	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 prices	case
5	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 prices	amod
6	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sell	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 profit	case
8	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	They	provisions		reduced prices		for profit	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent provision=Theme at price=Asset
2	reduce	participle							vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer

Option 4

They store grain for the use of the clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 store	nsubj
2	store	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 use	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 use	det
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 store	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 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	They	grain				for the use of the clergy	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme
2	use			the clergy					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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