Exam question 3 · Living well because life is short

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the precept «Do not let the sun go down on your anger».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, sun, your · What happens: select, establish, concern, not let, go down, anger · To what, where: response, precept, sun, anger

This is exam question 3 of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 precept	det
11	precept	precept	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 let	punct
13	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 let	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 let	advmod
15	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 precept	appos
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sun	det
17	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 let	obj
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 let	xcomp
19	down	down	ADV	_	18 go	advmod
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 anger	case
21	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 anger	nmod:poss
22	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 go	obl
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 let	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	the precept			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus precept=Experiencer
4	not let in a quote	infinitive · do-support		the sun			tree rules
5	go down in a quote	infinitive	the sun not said here		your anger	down property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on anger=Location
6	anger in a quote		your				nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=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

It derives from the rules of cricket and concerns the close of play

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 derives	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cricket	case
7	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rules	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 concerns	cc
9	concerns	concern	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 derives	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 close	det
11	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerns	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 play	case
13	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 close	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	derive	present	It		the rules of cricket	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from rule=Material
2	concern	present		the close of play		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus close=Experiencer
3	rule		cricket			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

It prohibits outdoor activity during the hours of daylight

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	2 prohibits	nsubj
2	prohibits	prohibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 activity	amod
4	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prohibits	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 hours	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hours	det
7	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prohibits	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 daylight	case
9	daylight	daylight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present	It	outdoor activity			hour		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer activity=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It derives from the Epistle to the Ephesians and counsels reconciliation before the day's end

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	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Epistle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Epistle	det
5	Epistle	epistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Ephesians	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Ephesians	det
8	Ephesians	Ephesian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 derives	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reconciliation	cc
10	counsels	counsel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reconciliation	compound
11	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Ephesians	conj
12	before	before	ADP	_	16 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 end	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 day	case
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 derives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the Epistle	before the day's end	to the Ephesians and counsels reconciliation	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before end=Location

Option 4

It counsels that anger be expressed only after sunset

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	2 counsels	nsubj
2	counsels	counsel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 expressed	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 anger	det
4	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counsels	nmod:unmarked
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 expressed	aux:pass
6	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 sunset	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 sunset	case
9	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 expressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	counsel speech: other		It	that anger					tree rules
2	express	infinitive · passive		counsels			sunset		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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