Exam question 3 · Judaism
Ascertain the event commemorated by the festival of Passover.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, commemorate · To what, where: event
This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Judaism» 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 event | det |
| 3 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | commemorated | commemorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 event | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 festival | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 festival | det |
| 7 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 commemorated | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Passover | case |
| 9 | Passover | Passover | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 festival | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the event | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Topic | ||||
| 2 | commemorate | participle | the event not said here | by the festival of Passover | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 covenant made with Noah after the flood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 covenant | det |
| 2 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 covenant | acl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 Noah | case |
| 5 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 flood | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 flood | det |
| 8 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | the covenant not said here | after the flood | with Noah | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Exodus | det |
| 2 | Exodus | Exodus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Israelites | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Israelites | det |
| 5 | Israelites | Israelite | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 Exodus | nmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Egypt | case |
| 7 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Exodus | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The dedication of the Temple with lights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dedication | det |
| 2 | dedication | dedication | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Temple | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Temple | det |
| 5 | Temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dedication | nmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 lights | case |
| 7 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Temple | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The giving of the Shema to Abraham
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 giving | det |
| 2 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Shema | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Shema | det |
| 5 | Shema | shema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 giving | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Abraham | case |
| 7 | Abraham | Abraham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 giving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | Abraham | of the Shema | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to abraham=Recipient |
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