Exam question 1 · The environment

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian doctrine of stewardship in respect of the natural world?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, indoctrinate, respect · To what, where: Christian doctrine, respect, stewardship, natural world

This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «The environment» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 doctrine	det
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 doctrine	amod
11	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 stewardship	case
13	stewardship	stewardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 doctrine	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 respect	case
15	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 world	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 world	det
18	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 world	amod
19	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 respect	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the Christian doctrine of stewardship	respect of the natural world	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	indoctrinate		stewardship			nom doctrine «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	respect		the natural world			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Humanity is the absolute proprietor of the earth and may dispose of it at will

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humanity	humanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proprietor	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 proprietor	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 proprietor	det
4	absolute	absolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 proprietor	amod
5	proprietor	proprietor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 earth	det
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proprietor	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dispose	cc
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 dispose	aux
11	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 proprietor	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dispose	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 will	case
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 dispose	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Humanity	the absolute proprietor				of the earth	tree rules
2	dispose	may	Humanity not said here					of Humanity	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The care of the earth is the exclusive responsibility of the clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 care	det
2	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 responsibility	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 earth	det
5	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 care	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 responsibility	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 responsibility	det
8	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 responsibility	amod
9	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 clergy	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 clergy	det
12	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 responsibility	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the care of the earth	the exclusive responsibility				of the clergy	tree rules
2	care		the earth						nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Humanity is entrusted with the care of a creation which belongs to God

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humanity	humanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entrusted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 entrusted	aux:pass
3	entrusted	entrust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 care	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 care	det
6	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entrusted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 creation	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 creation	det
9	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 care	nmod
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 belongs	nsubj
11	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 creation	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 God	case
13	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 belongs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	entrust	present · passive		Humanity		with the care of a creation	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with care=Theme
2	belong	present	a creation		God		vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	care		a creation				nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The natural world is held to be without moral significance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 world	det
2	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 world	amod
3	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	10 significance	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 significance	cop
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 significance	case
9	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 significance	amod
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		the natural world					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive						without moral significance	tree rules

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