Exam question 4 · Life and death: putting it all together

Whereas a closing prayer is offered in a class of mixed belief, ascertain the arrangement most consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, matters · What happens: offer, mix, ascertain, teach · To what, where: closing prayer, class, arrangement

This is exam question 4 of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» 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	SCONJ	_	6 offered	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 prayer	det
3	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayer	compound
4	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offered	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 offered	aux:pass
6	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 ascertain	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 class	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offered	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 belief	case
11	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 belief	amod
12	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 class	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 offered	punct
14	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 arrangement	det
16	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ascertain	obj
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 consistent	advmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 arrangement	amod
19	with	with	SCONJ	_	22 taught	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 matters	det
21	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 taught	nsubj
22	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 consistent	advcl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	offer	present · passive		a closing prayer	a class of mixed belief	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	mix	participle				vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the arrangement		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrangement=Topic
4	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 · ← Mova's choice

The prayer is abandoned owing to the presence of non-believers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prayer	det
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abandoned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 abandoned	aux:pass
4	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	owing	owe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 abandoned	xcomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 presence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 presence	det
8	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owing	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 non-believers	case
10	non-believers	non-believer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	present · passive		the prayer					tree rules
2	owe	gerund						to the presence of non-believers goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to presence=Goal

Option 2

Pupils who do not pray are required to leave the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 required	nsubj:pass
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 pray	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pray	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 pray	advmod
5	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pupils	acl:relcl
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 required	aux:pass
7	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 leave	mark
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 required	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not pray	present · do-support	Pupils		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	require	present · passive		Pupils	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	leave	to-infinitive		the room	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

Option 3

All pupils are compelled to recite the prayer aloud, irrespective of their own belief or conscience

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 pupils	det
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 compelled	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 compelled	aux:pass
4	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 recite	mark
6	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 compelled	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prayer	det
8	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recite	obj
9	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	6 recite	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 belief	punct
11	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	15 belief	advmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 belief	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 belief	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 belief	amod
15	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recite	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 conscience	cc
17	conscience	conscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 belief	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive		all pupils		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	recite	to-infinitive		the prayer	of pupils's own belief or conscience; aloud property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme
3	believe		pupils = pupil			nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Each pupil participates according to conscience, whether by prayer or by quiet reflection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 pupil	det
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 participates	nsubj
3	participates	participate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 conscience	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 according	fixed
6	conscience	conscience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 participates	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 prayer	punct
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	10 prayer	mark
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 prayer	case
10	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 participates	parataxis
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 reflection	cc
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 reflection	case
13	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 reflection	amod
14	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prayer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	participate	present	each pupil					accord conscience	vn cooperate-73.1-2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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