Exam question 2 · The Ten Commandments

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the prohibition designated «Thou shalt not covet»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prohibition, Thou · What happens: follow, characteris, designate, not covet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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 prohibition	det
10	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 designated	nsubj
11	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 covet	punct
13	Thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	16 covet	nsubj
14	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	16 covet	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 covet	advmod
16	covet	covet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 designated	ccomp
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 covet	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	past	the prohibition		tree rules
4	not covet in a quote	shall	Thou		vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

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

It proscribes the making of carved images

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	2 proscribes	nsubj
2	proscribes	proscribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 making	det
4	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proscribes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 images	case
6	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 images	amod
7	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 making	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	proscribe	present	It	the making of carved images	tree rules
2	carve	participle			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make		carved images		nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It proscribes the speaking of falsehoods in a court

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	2 proscribes	nsubj
2	proscribes	proscribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 speaking	det
4	speaking	speaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proscribes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 falsehoods	case
6	falsehoods	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 speaking	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 court	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proscribes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proscribe	present	It	the speaking of falsehoods		a court			tree rules
2	speak			falsehoods					nom speaking «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It proscribes the jealous desire for that which belongs to another

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	2 proscribes	nsubj
2	proscribes	proscribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 desire	det
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 desire	amod
5	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proscribes	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 that	case
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 desire	nmod
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 belongs	nsubj
9	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 desire	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 another	case
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 belongs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proscribe	present	It	the jealous desire				for that	tree rules
2	belong	present	the jealous desire					to another	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It proscribes the purchase of goods on the Sabbath

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	2 proscribes	nsubj
2	proscribes	proscribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purchase	det
4	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proscribes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 goods	case
6	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 purchase	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 Sabbath	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sabbath	det
9	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proscribe	present	It	the purchase of goods			on the Sabbath		tree rules
2	purchase			goods			on the Sabbath		nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient on=place

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