Exam question 3 · What happens after we die? What our church teaches

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning prayer for the departed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, depart · To what, where: response, prayer

This is exam question 3 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	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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 departed	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 departed	det
13	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concerning	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	prayer		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prayer=Experiencer
4	depart	participle	the established facts not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

It is practised identically by every Christian denomination

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	3 practised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 practised	aux:pass
3	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	identically	identically	ADV	_	3 practised	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 denomination	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 denomination	det
7	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 denomination	amod
8	denomination	denomination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 practised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	present · passive	every Christian denomination	It				identically property	tree rules

Option 2

It is practised exclusively by the Church of England

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	3 practised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 practised	aux:pass
3	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 practised	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Church	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Church	det
7	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 practised	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 England	case
9	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Church	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	present · passive	the Church of England	It				exclusively property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is practised by Catholic, Orthodox and some Anglican Christians, whereas many Protestants offer thanks instead

The tree, 16 words

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	3 practised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 practised	aux:pass
3	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	11 Christians	case
5	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Christians	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Orthodox	punct
7	Orthodox	orthodox	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Catholic	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Christians	cc
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 Christians	det
10	Anglican	Anglican	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Christians	amod
11	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 practised	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 whereas	punct
13	whereas	wherea	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 practised	conj
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Protestants	amod
15	Protestants	Protestant	PROPN	Number=Plur	16 offer	nsubj
16	offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 whereas	ccomp
17	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 offer	obj
18	instead	instead	ADV	_	16 offer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	practise	present · passive	some Catholic Anglican Christians	It		tree rules
2	wherea	present	some Catholic Anglican Christians not said here			tree rules
3	offer	present	many Protestants	thanks	instead property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme

Option 4

It is prohibited by every Christian denomination

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	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 denomination	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 denomination	det
6	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 denomination	amod
7	denomination	denomination	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	every Christian denomination	It					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

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