Exam question 3 · Islam

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the observance of Ramadan.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, observe · To what, where: response, observance, Ramadan

This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 observance	det
13	observance	observance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Ramadan	case
15	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 observance	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the observance of Ramadan		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus observance=Experiencer
5	observe			Ramadan		nom observance «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

Muslims abstain from food between sunset and dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 abstain	nsubj
2	abstain	abstain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abstain	obl
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 sunset	case
6	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 food	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dawn	cc
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abstain	present	Muslims			food between sunset and dawn			vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Adult Muslims abstain from food and drink between dawn and sunset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Muslims	amod
2	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 abstain	nsubj
3	abstain	abstain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abstain	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drink	cc
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	conj
8	between	between	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sunset	cc
11	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abstain	present	Adult Muslims			food and drink between dawn and sunset			vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality

Option 3

All Muslims abstain from food for the entirety of the month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 Muslims	det
2	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 abstain	nsubj
3	abstain	abstain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 food	case
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abstain	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 entirety	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 entirety	det
8	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abstain	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 month	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 month	det
11	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 entirety	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abstain	present	all Muslims			food		for the entirety of the month	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality

Option 4

Muslims abstain from food solely upon Fridays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 abstain	nsubj
2	abstain	abstain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abstain	obl
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 abstain	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 Fridays	case
7	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 abstain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abstain	present	Muslims			food	friday	solely property	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from food=Eventuality

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