Exam question 1 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Muslim teaching concerning death?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, concern · To what, where: Muslim teaching

This is exam question 1 of lesson 73 «What other faiths and non-religious people believe» 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	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 teaching	amod
10	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 death	amod
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teaching	conj
13	?	?	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	Muslim teaching and concerning death	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	concern	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 departed become angels immediately upon death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 angels	det
2	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 angels	amod
3	become	become	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angels	compound
4	angels	angel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	4 angels	advmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 angels	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	participle							vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The soul is reborn forthwith in the body of an animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soul	det
2	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forthwith	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 forthwith	cop
4	reborn	reborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 forthwith	amod
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 body	det
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forthwith	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 animal	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 body	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the soul			the body of a animal		forthwith property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The soul awaits the Day of Judgement, whereupon the righteous enter Paradise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soul	det
2	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awaits	nsubj
3	awaits	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Day	det
5	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 awaits	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Judgement	case
7	Judgement	Judgement	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Day	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Paradise	punct
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	13 Paradise	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Paradise	det
11	righteous	righteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Paradise	amod
12	enter	enter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Paradise	compound
13	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Day	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	present	the soul	the Day of Judgement					tree rules

Option 4

Existence ceases entirely and permanently at death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	nsubj
2	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 ceases	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 permanently	cc
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	3 entirely	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ceases	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Existence			death		entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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