Exam question 2 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice designated «gleaning»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: practice · What happens: follow, characteris, designate, glean

This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Ruth, and David and Goliath» 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	1 Which	nmod
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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 practice	det
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 designated	nsubj
11	designated	designate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 characterises	ccomp
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 gleaning	punct
13	gleaning	glean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 designated	advcl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 gleaning	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	past	the practice		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	glean in a quote	gerund	the practice not said here		vn learn-14-2 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The gathering, by the poor, of grain remaining at the margins of a field

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gathering	det
2	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 poor	punct
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 poor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 poor	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gathering	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grain	punct
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 grain	case
9	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 poor	obl
10	remaining	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 grain	acl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 margins	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 margins	det
13	margins	margin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 remaining	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 field	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 field	det
16	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 margins	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	gerund	grain not said here			the margins of a field			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at margin=Location

Option 2

The sale of surplus grain by the landowner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 grain	case
4	surplus	surplus	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grain	amod
5	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sale	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 landowner	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 landowner	det
8	landowner	landowner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sale	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The payment of a tithe of grain to the priests of the Temple at Jerusalem

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tithe	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tithe	det
5	tithe	tithe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 payment	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 grain	case
7	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tithe	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 priests	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 priests	det
10	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 payment	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Temple	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Temple	det
13	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 priests	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 Jerusalem	case
15	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Temple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay			a tithe of grain				to the priests of the Temple at Jerusalem	nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

The sowing of seed prior to the rains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sowing	det
2	sowing	sowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 seed	case
4	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sowing	nmod
5	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 rains	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 prior	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rains	det
8	rains	rain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sowing	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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