Exam question 3 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning religious belief as to the fate of animals after death.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, fate · To what, where: response, religious belief, animals

This is exam question 3 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» 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	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 belief	amod
11	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	15 fate	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 as	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fate	det
15	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 animals	case
17	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fate	nmod
18	after	after	ADP	_	19 death	case
19	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 animals	nmod
20	.	.	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	religious belief	as the fate of animals after death	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus belief=Experiencer
4	fate			animals after death		nom fate «event 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 · ✓ the right answer

Beliefs differ, and no person possesses certain knowledge thereof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 differ	nsubj
2	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 possesses	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 possesses	cc
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possesses	nsubj
7	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 differ	conj
8	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 knowledge	amod
9	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possesses	obj
10	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	7 possesses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	differ	present	Beliefs						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	possess	present	no person	certain knowledge				thereof property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme

Option 2

All religions teach that animals ascend to heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 religions	det
2	religions	religion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 teach	nsubj
3	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 ascend	mark
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ascend	nsubj
6	ascend	ascend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teach	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 heaven	case
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ascend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	all religions						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ascend	present	animals			heaven			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial_Location

Option 3

All religions teach that animals cease to exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 religions	det
2	religions	religion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 teach	nsubj
3	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 cease	mark
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cease	nsubj
6	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teach	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 exist	mark
8	exist	exist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cease	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	all religions	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cease	present	animals	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	exist	to-infinitive	animals not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It has been scientifically demonstrated that all animals are reborn

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	5 demonstrated	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 demonstrated	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 demonstrated	aux:pass
4	scientifically	scientifically	ADV	_	5 demonstrated	advmod
5	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 reborn	mark
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 reborn	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reborn	cop
10	reborn	reborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 demonstrated	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate	present · perfect · passive		It				scientifically property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	is	present	all animals					reborn property	tree rules

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