Exam question 4 · What happens after we die? What our church teaches

Ascertain the signification of the phrase «the communion of saints» as employed in the Creed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, saints · What happens: ascertain, employ, signify, commune · To what, where: signification, Creed, phrase

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signification	det
3	signification	signification	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 phrase	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phrase	det
6	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signification	nmod
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 communion	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 communion	det
9	communion	communion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 phrase	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 saints	case
11	saints	saint	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 communion	nmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 communion	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 employed	mark
14	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 Creed	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Creed	det
17	Creed	Creed	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 employed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the signification of the phrase		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic
2	employ	participle	you not said here		the Creed	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	signify			the phrase		nom signification «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	commune in a quote		saints			nom communion «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 distribution of bread exclusively to clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 distribution	det
2	distribution	distribution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 bread	case
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distribution	nmod
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	7 clergy	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 clergy	case
7	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distribution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute			bread				to clergy	nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The fellowship of all Christians, both living and departed, in the family of God

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fellowship	det
2	fellowship	fellowship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Christians	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 Christians	det
5	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 fellowship	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 living	punct
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 living	det
8	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fellowship	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 departed	cc
10	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 family	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 family	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 family	det
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 departed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 God	case
16	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 family	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	past	the fellowship of all Christians and both living			the family of God			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A society of persons who possess miraculous powers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 society	det
2	society	society	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 persons	case
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 society	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 possess	nsubj
6	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 persons	acl:relcl
7	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 powers	amod
8	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	persons	miraculous powers					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme

Option 4

A ceremony restricted to persons formally declared saints

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ceremony	det
2	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 declared	nsubj
3	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ceremony	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restricted	obl
6	formally	formally	ADV	_	7 declared	advmod
7	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	saints	saint	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 declared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	participle		a ceremony not said here	persons				vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer to person=Goal
2	declare speech: other	past	a ceremony	saints				formally property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saint=Attribute

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