Exam question 4 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe

Whereas pupils hold differing beliefs concerning death, ascertain the conduct most consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupils, differing beliefs, you, matters · What happens: hold, differ, concern, ascertain, teach · To what, where: differing beliefs, death, conduct

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	whereas	ADV	PronType=Int	3 hold	advmod
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hold	nsubj
3	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ascertain	advcl
4	differing	differ	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 beliefs	amod
5	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hold	obj
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 beliefs	acl
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hold	punct
9	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conduct	det
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ascertain	obj
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 consistent	advmod
13	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 conduct	amod
14	with	with	SCONJ	_	17 taught	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 matters	det
16	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 taught	nsubj
17	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 consistent	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold	present	pupils	differing beliefs	whereas property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Theme
2	differ	gerund				vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	concern	gerund	differing beliefs not said here	death		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus death=Experiencer
4	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
5	teach speech: other	past	the matters			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Disagreement expressed with respect and without mockery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Disagreement	acl
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 respect	case
4	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mockery	cc
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 mockery	case
7	mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 respect	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	participle		Disagreement not said here				with respect and mockery	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Compulsory adoption of a single belief by all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 adoption	amod
2	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 belief	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 belief	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 belief	amod
6	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 adoption	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 belief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt			a single belief by all					nom adoption «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Mockery of beliefs which one does not share, provided it is done in jest among friends

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mockery	mockery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 provided	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 beliefs	case
3	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mockery	nmod
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 share	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 share	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 share	advmod
8	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 beliefs	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mockery	punct
10	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 done	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 done	aux:pass
13	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 provided	ccomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 jest	case
15	jest	jest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 done	obl
16	among	among	ADP	_	17 friends	case
17	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not share	present · do-support	which one				tree rules
2	provide	past	Mockery of beliefs				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	do	present · passive		Mockery	jest	among friends	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	mock			beliefs			nom mockery «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Prohibition of all discussion of belief in school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 discussion	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 discussion	det
4	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Prohibition	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 belief	case
6	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discussion	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit			all discussion of belief in school					nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	discuss			belief in school					nom discussion «communication transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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