Exam question 4 · The Ten Commandments

Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of the observance of the day of rest.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect, observe · To what, where: response, observance, day

This is exam question 4 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	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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 observance	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 observance	det
12	observance	observance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 observance	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 rest	case
17	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 day	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	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	respect			the observance of the day of rest	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
4	observe			the day of rest	nom observance «act 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

Neither Christians nor Jews observe a day of rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 Christians	det
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 observe	nsubj
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	4 Jews	cc
4	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 Christians	conj
5	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observe	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rest	case
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present	neither Christians nor Jews				day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

All Christians and Jews alike observe Saturday exclusively, as Moses commanded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 Christians	det
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 observe	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Jews	cc
4	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 Christians	conj
5	alike	alike	ADV	_	6 observe	advmod
6	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 observe	obj
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	6 observe	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 commanded	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 commanded	mark
11	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 commanded	nsubj
12	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 observe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present	all Christians and Jews				saturday	alike, exclusively property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	command	past	Moses						vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent

Option 3

All Christians and Jews observe Sunday exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 Christians	det
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 observe	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Jews	cc
4	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 Christians	conj
5	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 observe	obj
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	5 observe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present	all Christians and Jews				sunday	exclusively property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The majority of Christians observe Sunday, whereas Jews observe Saturday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observe	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Christians	case
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 majority	nmod
5	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 observe	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 observe	punct
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	10 observe	mark
9	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 observe	nsubj
10	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 observe	conj
11	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 observe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	present	the majority of Christians				sunday		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	observe	present	Jews				saturday		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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