Exam question 2 · Moses and the Exodus

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon from which God first addressed Moses?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: God · What happens: follow, characteris, address · To what, where: phenomenon, Moses

This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Moses and the Exodus» 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 phenomenon	det
10	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 addressed	obl
13	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 addressed	nsubj
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 addressed	advmod
15	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 phenomenon	acl:relcl
16	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 addressed	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the phenomenon			of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	address	past	God		Moses	the phenomenon	first property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moses=Destination

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

A star that descended upon the summit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 star	det
2	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 descended	nsubj
4	descended	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 star	acl:relcl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 summit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 summit	det
7	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 descended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	past	a star					upon the summit	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A pillar of stone that emitted speech

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pillar	det
2	pillar	pillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 emitted	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 stone	case
4	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pillar	nmod
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 emitted	nsubj
6	emitted	emit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 emitted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	emit	past	a pillar of stone	speech					vn substance_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source speech=Theme

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

A bush that was aflame yet remained unconsumed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bush	det
2	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 aflame	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 aflame	cop
5	aflame	aflame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bush	acl:relcl
6	yet	yet	ADV	_	7 remained	advmod
7	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 aflame	advcl
8	unconsumed	unconsum	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 remained	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a bush		aflame property	tree rules
2	remain	participle	a bush not said here	yet		tree rules
3	unconsum	participle	a bush not said here			tree rules

Option 4

A river transformed into a sea of fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 river	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 fire	case
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sea	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	participle		a river not said here				into a sea of fire result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into sea=Result

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