Exam question 1 · Noah and the Tower of Babel

Identify the principal significance attributed to the rainbow in the narrative of the Flood.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, attribute · To what, where: principal significance, narrative

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Noah and the Tower of Babel» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 significance	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 significance	amod
4	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	attributed	attribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 significance	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 rainbow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rainbow	det
8	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attributed	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 narrative	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrative	det
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attributed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Flood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Flood	det
14	Flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 narrative	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal significance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent significance=Theme
2	attribute	participle		the principal significance not said here		the narrative of the Flood		to the rainbow	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

An indication that the ark was to be abandoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 abandoned	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ark	det
5	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 abandoned	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 abandoned	aux:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 abandoned	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 abandoned	aux:pass
9	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indication	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past · passive		the ark					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

Option 2

A natural occurrence possessing no meaning whatsoever within the account

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 occurrence	det
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 occurrence	amod
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 occurrence	acl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 meaning	det
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possessing	obj
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 possessing	advmod
8	within	within	ADP	_	10 account	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 account	det
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possessing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	gerund	a natural occurrence not said here	no meaning				within the account; whatsoever property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot meaning=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A sign of the divine undertaking not again to destroy the earth by water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 divine	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 divine	det
5	divine	divine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	nmod
6	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sign	acl
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 again	advmod
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 undertaking	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 destroy	mark
10	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 undertaking	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 earth	det
12	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 destroy	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 destroy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	gerund	a sign of the divine not said here		again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	destroy	to-infinitive	a sign of the divine not said here	the earth		by water	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient
3	sign			the divine			nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A portent of a further deluge yet to come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 portent	det
2	portent	portent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 deluge	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 deluge	det
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deluge	amod
6	deluge	deluge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 portent	nmod
7	yet	yet	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	to-infinitive	a portent of a further deluge				yet		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	portend			a further deluge					nom portent «event transitive»: of=patient

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