Exam question 4 · Judaism

Which of the following most accurately characterises antisemitism?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 antisemitism	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 antisemitism	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 antisemitism	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 antisemitism	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	antisemitism	antisemitism	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 antisemitism	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

A festival observed in the synagogue each autumn by the congregation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 festival	det
2	festival	festival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 festival	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 synagogue	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 synagogue	det
6	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observed	obl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 autumn	det
8	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observed	obl:unmarked
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 congregation	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 congregation	det
11	congregation	congregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		a festival not said here		the synagogue	autumn	by the congregation	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A dietary law observed by Jewish households at every meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 law	det
2	dietary	dietary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 law	amod
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 law	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 households	case
6	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 households	amod
7	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 observed	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 meal	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 meal	det
10	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	participle		a dietary law not said here		every meal		by Jewish households	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Hostility and hatred directed against Jewish people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hostility	hostility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 hatred	cc
3	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hostility	conj
4	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Hostility	acl
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 directed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	participle		Hostility and hatred not said here					vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A form of Jewish prayer recited at morning and evening services

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 prayer	case
4	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prayer	amod
5	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
6	recited	recite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 prayer	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 morning	case
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recited	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 services	cc
10	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 services	compound
11	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 form	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	participle		Jewish prayer not said here			morning		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	form			Jewish prayer					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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