Exam question 1 · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of the Arabic expression «Alhamdulillah»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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	10 significance	det
10	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 expression	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 expression	det
13	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 expression	compound
14	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 significance	nmod
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 Alhamdulillah	punct
16	Alhamdulillah	Alhamdulillah	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 expression	appos
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 Alhamdulillah	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the significance of the Arabic expression				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

An utterance of praise to God upon the occurrence of good fortune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 utterance	det
2	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 praise	case
4	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 utterance	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 God	case
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 utterance	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 occurrence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 occurrence	det
9	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 utterance	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 fortune	case
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fortune	amod
12	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 occurrence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	utter			praise				to God; upon the occurrence of good fortune	nom utterance «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl upon=obl

Option 2

A declaration of departure at the conclusion of a meeting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 declaration	det
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 departure	case
4	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declaration	nmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 conclusion	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conclusion	det
7	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declaration	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 meeting	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 meeting	det
10	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare			departure		the conclusion of a meeting			nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient at=place
2	conclude			a meeting					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A request for nourishment prior to a meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 nourishment	case
4	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	nmod
5	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 meal	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 prior	fixed
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 meal	det
8	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 request	nmod

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

Option 4

A formal greeting exchanged at the commencement of the day, as at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 greeting	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 greeting	amod
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 greeting	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 commencement	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 commencement	det
7	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exchanged	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 commencement	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dawn	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 greeting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange	participle		a formal greeting and dawn not said here		the commencement of the day			vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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