Exam question 2 · The church funeral

Identify the doctrine to which the words «I am the resurrection and the life» refer.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I, words · What happens: identify, be, refer · To what, where: doctrine, resurrection

This is exam question 2 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doctrine	det
3	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 refer	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 refer	nsubj
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 resurrection	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 resurrection	nsubj
10	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 resurrection	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 resurrection	det
12	resurrection	resurrection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 words	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 life	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 life	det
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 resurrection	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 resurrection	punct
17	refer	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doctrine	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the doctrine		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent doctrine=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	I	the resurrection and the life		tree rules
3	refer	present	the words		to the doctrine	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to which=Co-Theme

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 preservation of the body by embalming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 preservation	det
2	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 body	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 preservation	nmod
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 embalming	mark
7	embalming	embalm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 preservation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embalm	gerund	the preservation of the body not said here						tree rules
2	preserve			the body					nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The reincarnation of the soul in another body

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reincarnation	det
2	reincarnation	reincarnation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 soul	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soul	det
5	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reincarnation	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soul	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Christian hope of being raised to new life through Christ

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hope	det
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hope	amod
3	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 raised	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 raised	aux:pass
6	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hope	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 life	case
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 life	amod
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raised	obl
10	through	through	ADP	_	11 Christ	case
11	Christ	Christ	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 raised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	gerund · passive		the Christian hope not said here		Christ		to new life	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: to life=Destination through christ=Initial_Location

Option 4

The annual return of the dead upon All Souls' Day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 return	det
2	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 return	amod
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dead	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dead	det
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 return	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 Day	case
8	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 Souls	det
9	Souls	Soul	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 Day	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 Souls	case
11	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod

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

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