Exam question 1 · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Identify the principal virtue exemplified by Abraham in departing from his homeland at the divine command.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, exemplify, depart · To what, where: principal virtue, homeland

This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Abraham, Isaac and Jacob» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 virtue	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 virtue	amod
4	virtue	virtue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	exemplified	exemplify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 virtue	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Abraham	case
7	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 exemplified	obl
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 departing	mark
9	departing	depart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 exemplified	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 homeland	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 homeland	nmod:poss
12	homeland	homeland	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 departing	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 command	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 command	det
15	divine	divine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 command	amod
16	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 departing	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal virtue			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent virtue=Theme
2	exemplify	participle		the principal virtue not said here		by Abraham	tree rules
3	depart	gerund			Abraham's homeland	at the divine command	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from homeland=Initial_Location

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

Obedience to the express instructions of his earthly father

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Obedience	obedience	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 instructions	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 instructions	det
4	express	express	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instructions	amod
5	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Obedience	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 father	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 father	nmod:poss
8	earthly	earthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 father	amod
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instructions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct			his earthly father					nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Ambition to establish himself as a ruler over other nations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ambition	ambition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 establish	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 establish	mark
3	establish	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 establish	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 ruler	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ruler	det
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 establish	obl
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 nations	case
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nations	amod
10	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 establish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	to-infinitive	Ambition	Ambition		other nations		as a ruler	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient

Option 3

Desire to escape a famine which had afflicted his homeland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 escape	mark
3	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Desire	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 famine	det
5	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 escape	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 afflicted	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 afflicted	aux
8	afflicted	afflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 famine	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 homeland	nmod:poss
10	homeland	homeland	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 afflicted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	to-infinitive		a famine					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme famine=Initial_Location
2	afflict	past · perfect · passive		a famine					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer homeland=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Trust in God without knowledge of every particular

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 God	case
3	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Trust	nmod
4	without	without	ADP	_	5 knowledge	case
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Trust	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 particular	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 particular	det
8	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 knowledge	nmod

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

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