Exam question 3 · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the wishes of a deceased person.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, deceased person · What happens: select, establish, concern, decease, wish · To what, where: response, wishes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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 wishes	det
11	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 person	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
14	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 person	amod
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wishes	nmod
16	.	.	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	the established facts not said here	the wishes of a deceased person		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer
4	decease	participle				vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	wish		a deceased person			nom wish «feeling 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 · ✓ the right answer

Families endeavour to honour them, though a child need not be bound to every wish

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 endeavour	nsubj
2	endeavour	endeavour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 honour	mark
4	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 endeavour	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 honour	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bound	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 bound	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bound	nsubj:pass
10	need	need	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bound	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 bound	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 bound	aux:pass
13	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 endeavour	parataxis
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 wish	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 wish	det
16	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	endeavour	present	Families			tree rules
2	honour	to-infinitive	Families not said here	Families = family		tree rules
3	not bind	present · passive		a child	to every wish	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to wish=Co-Patient

Option 2

Every wish must be obeyed under penalty of law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obeyed	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 obeyed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 obeyed	aux:pass
5	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 penalty	case
7	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obeyed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 law	case
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 penalty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	must · passive		every wish		penalty of law			vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Wishes of the deceased carry no significance whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	ExtPos=ADV	5 carry	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deceased	det
4	deceased	decease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 of	fixed
5	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 significance	det
7	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 carry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decease	participle							vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	carry	present	Wishes	no significance				whatsoever property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Wishes may be honoured only by members of the clergy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 honoured	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 honoured	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 honoured	aux:pass
4	honoured	honour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 members	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 members	case
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 honoured	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 clergy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clergy	det
10	clergy	clergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	may · passive	members of the clergy	Wishes					tree rules

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