Exam question 4 · Cheating, rules and games

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the saying "the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27).

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, people · What happens: select, establish, concern, make · To what, where: response, saying, Sabbath

This is exam question 4 of lesson 44 «Cheating, rules and games» 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	11 saying	det
11	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 made	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sabbath	det
14	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 made	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 made	aux:pass
16	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 saying	acl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 people	case
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 made	obl:agent
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 people	punct
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 people	advmod
21	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 people	appos
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 Sabbath	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Sabbath	det
24	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 people	nmod
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 Sabbath	punct
26	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 Mark	punct
27	Mark	Mark	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Sabbath	appos
28	2:27	2:27	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	27 Mark	flat
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	27 Mark	punct
30	.	.	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 saying		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus saying=Experiencer
4	make in a quote	past · passive	people	the Sabbath		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

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

It signifies that the Sabbath is to be observed only by the clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 observed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sabbath	det
5	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 observed	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 observed	aux:pass
7	to	to	PART	_	9 observed	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 observed	aux:pass
9	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signifies	advcl
10	only	only	ADV	_	13 clergy	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 clergy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 clergy	det
13	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It						vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	observe	present · passive	the clergy	the Sabbath					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 2

It signifies that the observance of the Sabbath was entirely abolished by Jesus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 abolished	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 observance	det
5	observance	observance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 abolished	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Sabbath	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sabbath	det
8	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 observance	nmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 abolished	aux:pass
10	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 abolished	advmod
11	abolished	abolish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 signifies	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 Jesus	case
13	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 abolished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It			vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	abolish	past · passive	Jesus	the observance of the Sabbath	entirely property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	observe			the Sabbath		nom observance «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It signifies that religious rules exist to serve the welfare of human beings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 exist	mark
4	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rules	amod
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exist	nsubj
6	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 signifies	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 serve	mark
8	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 exist	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 welfare	det
10	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 serve	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 beings	case
12	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beings	amod
13	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 welfare	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	signify	present	It		tree rules
2	exist	present	religious rules		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	serve	to-infinitive	religious rules not said here	the welfare of human beings	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welfare=Attribute

Option 4

It signifies that human beings exist solely to observe the Sabbath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signifies	nsubj
2	signifies	signify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 exist	mark
4	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 beings	amod
5	beings	being	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 exist	nsubj
6	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 signifies	ccomp
7	solely	solely	ADV	_	6 exist	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 observe	mark
9	observe	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 exist	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sabbath	det
11	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	signify	present	It			tree rules
2	exist	present	human beings		solely property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	observe	to-infinitive	human beings not said here	the Sabbath		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sabbath=Topic

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