Exam question 1 · What happens after we die? What our church teaches

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian understanding of heaven?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, understand · To what, where: Christian understanding, heaven

This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «What happens after we die? What our church teaches» 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	11 understanding	det
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 understanding	amod
11	understanding	understanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 heaven	case
13	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 understanding	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the Christian understanding of heaven	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	understand		heaven		nom understanding «cognition 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

A place of idleness in which harps are played without end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 idleness	case
4	idleness	idleness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 place	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 played	obl
7	harps	harp	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 played	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 played	aux:pass
9	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 place	acl:relcl
10	without	without	ADP	_	11 end	case
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present · passive		harps		a place of idleness	without end		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

A physical location situated above the clouds and observable by telescope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 location	det
2	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 location	amod
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 location	acl
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 clouds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clouds	det
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 situated	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 observable	cc
9	observable	observable	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clouds	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 telescope	case
11	telescope	telescope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a physical location not said here		the clouds and observable		by telescope	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent above cloud=Destination

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

Eternal life in the presence of God, wherein there is neither pain nor sorrow

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eternal	eternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 life	amod
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 presence	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 presence	det
5	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 life	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 God	case
7	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 presence	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 is	punct
9	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	11 is	advmod
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 is	expl
11	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 God	acl:relcl
12	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	13 pain	cc:preconj
13	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 presence	conj
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	15 sorrow	cc
15	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present				there		wherein property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A condition of dreamless sleep from which none awakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 condition	det
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 awakes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sleep	case
4	dreamless	dreamless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sleep	amod
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condition	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 none	case
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 none	det
8	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	5 sleep	nmod
9	awakes	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	awake	present	a condition of dreamless sleep from none						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	condition			dreamless sleep from none					nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

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