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

Which of the following most accurately characterises ecumenism?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris

This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Churches of the English-speaking world II» 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 ecumenism	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 ecumenism	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ecumenism	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 ecumenism	case
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	ecumenism	ecumenism	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 ecumenism	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present						accurately property	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

The founding of independent congregations apart from others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 founding	det
2	founding	founding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 apart	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 congregations	case
4	independent	independent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 congregations	amod
5	congregations	congregation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 founding	nmod
6	apart	apart	ADV	_	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 apart	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	found			independent congregations					nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The appointment of bishops over elders in every church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 appointment	det
2	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bishops	case
4	bishops	bishop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 appointment	nmod
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 elders	case
6	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 appointment	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 church	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 church	det
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 elders	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The division of one church into many rival churches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 division	det
2	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 church	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 church	nummod
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 division	nmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 churches	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 churches	amod
8	rival	rival	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 churches	amod
9	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 division	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The co-operation of churches in pursuit of unity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 co-operation	det
2	co-operation	co-operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 churches	case
4	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 co-operation	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 pursuit	case
6	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 co-operation	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 unity	case
8	unity	unity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pursuit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pursue			unity					nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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