Exam question 4 · Churches of the English-speaking world I

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Baptist practice of baptism?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, practice · To what, where: Baptist practice, baptism

This is exam question 4 of lesson 28 «Churches of the English-speaking world I» 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 practice	det
10	Baptist	baptist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 practice	amod
11	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 baptism	case
13	baptism	baptism	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 practice	nmod
14	?	?	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 Baptist practice of baptism	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	practice		baptism		nom practice «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

Believers are baptised by full immersion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believers	believer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 baptised	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 baptised	aux:pass
3	baptised	baptise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 immersion	case
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 immersion	amod
6	immersion	immersion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 baptised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baptise	present · passive	full immersion	Believers					tree rules

Option 2

Infants are baptised by the pouring of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 baptised	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 baptised	aux:pass
3	baptised	baptise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 pouring	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pouring	det
6	pouring	pouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 baptised	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pouring	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baptise	present · passive	the pouring of water	Infants					tree rules

Option 3

Baptism is conferred solely upon clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Baptism	baptism	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 conferred	aux:pass
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 conferred	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 clergy	case
6	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present · passive		Baptism				upon clergy; solely property	tree rules

Option 4

No baptism of any kind is practised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 baptism	det
2	baptism	baptism	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practised	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 kind	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kind	det
5	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 baptism	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 practised	aux:pass
7	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	present · passive		no baptism of any kind					tree rules

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