Exam question 3 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning humanist views of death.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 views	case
10	humanist	humanist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 views	compound
11	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 death	case
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 views	nmod
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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	view			death		nom view «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 · ← Mova's choice

Humanists hold that the dead become spirits of nature

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humanists	humanist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 become	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dead	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 become	nsubj
6	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hold	ccomp
7	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 become	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 nature	case
9	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spirits	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Humanists						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	become	present	the dead	spirits of nature					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Humanists hold that the soul is reborn according to karma

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humanists	humanist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 reborn	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soul	det
5	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reborn	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reborn	cop
7	reborn	reborn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hold	ccomp
8	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 karma	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 according	fixed
10	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reborn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Humanists		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the soul	accord karma; reborn property	tree rules
3	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Humanists hold that life ends at death and locate meaning in living well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humanists	humanist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 ends	mark
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ends	nsubj
5	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hold	advcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 death	case
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ends	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 locate	cc
9	locate	locate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hold	conj
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locate	obj
11	in	in	SCONJ	_	12 living	mark
12	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 locate	advcl
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 living	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Humanists				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	end	present	life		death		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	locate	present	Humanists not said here	meaning			tree rules
4	live	gerund	Humanists not said here			well property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Humanists hold that the dead await a Day of Judgement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humanists	humanist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 await	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dead	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 await	nsubj
6	await	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hold	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Day	det
8	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 await	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Judgement	case
10	Judgement	Judgement	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Humanists						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	await	present	the dead	a Day of Judgement					tree rules

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