Exam question 2 · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the regard in which Abraham is held.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, hold · To what, where: response, regard, Abraham

This is exam question 2 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	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 regard	det
13	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 held	obl
16	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 held	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 held	aux:pass
18	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 regard	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 regard			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus regard=Experiencer
5	hold	present · passive		Abraham	the regard		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in which=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

He is honoured exclusively within the Islamic tradition

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	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 honoured	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 tradition	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tradition	det
7	Islamic	Islamic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tradition	amod
8	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	present · passive		He				within the Islamic tradition; exclusively property	tree rules

Option 2

He is honoured exclusively within the Christian tradition

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	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 honoured	advmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 tradition	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tradition	det
7	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tradition	amod
8	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honoured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	present · passive		He				within the Christian tradition; exclusively property	tree rules

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

He is honoured as a father of faith by Jews, Christians and Muslims

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 father	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 father	det
6	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honoured	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 faith	case
8	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 father	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Jews	case
10	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 honoured	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Christians	punct
12	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 Jews	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Muslims	cc
14	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 Jews	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	present · passive	Jews and Christians and Muslims	He				as a father of faith	tree rules

Option 4

He is regarded by all three faiths as a figure of no significance whatever

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	by	by	ADP	_	7 faiths	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 faiths	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 faiths	nummod
7	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 regarded	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 figure	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 figure	det
10	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 regarded	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 significance	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 significance	det
13	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 figure	nmod
14	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 regarded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive	all three faiths	He				as a figure of no significance	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme whatever=Attribute
2	figure			no significance					nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient

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