Exam question 4 · Islam

Ascertain the position held in Islam in respect of Jesus of Nazareth.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, hold, respect · To what, where: position, Islam, Jesus

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 position	det
3	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 position	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Islam	case
6	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Jesus	case
10	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Nazareth	case
12	Nazareth	Nazareth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Jesus	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the position			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic
2	hold	participle		the position not said here	Islam	in respect of Jesus of Nazareth	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in islam=Location
3	respect			Jesus of Nazareth			nom respect «cognition 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

He is regarded as the Son of God and Saviour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regarded	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 Son	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Son	det
6	Son	Son	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 regarded	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 God	case
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Son	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Saviour	cc
10	Saviour	Saviour	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Son	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		He				as the Son of God and Saviour	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as son=Value

Option 2

He is regarded as the founder of Islam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regarded	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 founder	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 founder	det
6	founder	founder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regarded	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Islam	case
8	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 founder	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		He				as the founder of Islam	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as founder=Value

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

He is honoured as a prophet but not as the Son of God

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 honoured	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 honoured	aux:pass
3	honoured	honour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 prophet	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prophet	det
6	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honoured	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 Son	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 Son	advmod
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 Son	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Son	det
11	Son	Son	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 prophet	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 God	case
13	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	present · passive		He				as a prophet but the Son of God	tree rules

Option 4

He is regarded as having never existed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 regarded	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 regarded	aux:pass
3	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 existed	mark
5	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 existed	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 existed	advmod
7	existed	exist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 regarded	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		He					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not exist	gerund · perfect							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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