Exam question 3 · Sharing and fairness

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the early Christian community as described in Acts 4:32-35.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, describe · To what, where: response, early Christian community, Acts

This is exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 community	det
11	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 community	amod
12	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 community	amod
13	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 described	mark
15	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerning	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 Acts	case
17	Acts	act	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 described	obj
18	4:32-35	4:32-35	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 Acts	flat
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the early Christian community		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus community=Experiencer
4	describe	participle	the established facts not said here	Acts		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme

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

Possessions were distributed exclusively among the apostles' own families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 distributed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 distributed	aux:pass
3	distributed	distribute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 distributed	advmod
5	among	among	ADP	_	10 families	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 apostles	det
7	apostles	apostle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 families	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 apostles	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 families	amod
10	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 distributed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute	past · passive		Possessions				among the apostles's own families; exclusively property	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme among family=Recipient

Option 2

Possessions were sold and the proceeds retained by the wealthiest members

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sold	aux:pass
3	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 retained	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 retained	det
6	proceeds	proceed	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 retained	aux:pass
7	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sold	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 members	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 members	det
10	wealthiest	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 members	amod
11	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past · passive		Possessions					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	retain	present · passive	the wealthiest members						tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Possessions were held in common in order that no member should be in want

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 common	case
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 held	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 want	mark
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 member	det
10	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 want	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 want	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 want	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 want	case
14	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 order	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive		Possessions		common		in order	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in common=Location
2	is	should	no member	order not said here		want			tree rules

Option 4

Possessions were surrendered in their entirety to the Roman authorities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 surrendered	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 surrendered	aux:pass
3	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 entirety	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 entirety	nmod:poss
6	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 surrendered	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 authorities	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 authorities	det
9	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 authorities	amod
10	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 surrendered	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	past · passive	the Roman authorities	Possessions		Possessions's entirety			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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