Exam question 4 · Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief

Ascertain the distinction between an atheist and an agnostic.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: distinction

This is exam question 4 of lesson 33 «Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief» 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 distinction	det
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 atheist	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 atheist	det
6	atheist	atheist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distinction	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 agnostic	cc
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 agnostic	det
9	agnostic	agnostic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 atheist	conj
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 distinction				between a atheist and a agnostic	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distinction=Topic

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 former holds that God exists; the latter that God does not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 exists	mark
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 exists	nsubj
6	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 holds	advcl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 latter	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 latter	det
9	latter	latter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holds	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 does	obj
11	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 latter	acl:relcl
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 does	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hold	present	the former		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	exist	present	God		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not do	present	God	the latter	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The former holds there is no God; the latter that it cannot be known

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 is	expl
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 holds	ccomp
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 God	det
7	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 is	nsubj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 latter	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 latter	det
10	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 holds	conj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 known	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 known	nsubj:pass
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 known	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 known	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 known	aux:pass
16	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 latter	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hold	present	the former			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	be	present	no God		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not know	can · passive		it		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

The former worships nature; the latter worships reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nature	amod
3	worships	worship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nature	compound
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 reason	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 worships	det
7	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 worships	amod
8	worships	worship	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reason	compound
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

There is no distinction whatsoever between the two terms

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 distinction	det
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 is	advmod
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 terms	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 terms	det
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 terms	nummod
9	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 whatsoever	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no distinction			there		whatsoever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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