Exam question 2 · Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together
Identify the commandment which, according to Exodus 20:16, protects the trust subsisting between neighbours.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Exodus, trust · What happens: identify, accord, protect, subsist · To what, where: commandment
This is exam question 2 of lesson 81 «Why honesty matters: trust holds everything 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 commandment | det |
| 3 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 protects | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Exodus | punct |
| 6 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 Exodus | case |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 according | fixed |
| 8 | Exodus | Exodus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 protects | nsubj |
| 9 | 20:16 | 20:16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 Exodus | flat |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Exodus | punct |
| 11 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 commandment | acl:relcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 trust | det |
| 13 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 protects | obj |
| 14 | subsisting | subsist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 trust | acl |
| 15 | between | between | ADP | _ | 16 neighbours | case |
| 16 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 subsisting | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the commandment | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | protect | present | Exodus | the commandment | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | subsist | gerund | the trust not said here | between neighbours | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: 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
Honour your father and your mother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honour | honour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Honour | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 mother | cc |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 father | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | honour | imperative | you not said here | your father and your mother | tree rules |
Option 2
You shall not covet your neighbour's house, nor anything that is your neighbour's
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 covet | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 covet | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 covet | advmod |
| 4 | covet | covet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 6 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 house | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 neighbour | case |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 covet | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 anything | punct |
| 10 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 11 anything | cc |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 covet | parataxis |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 neighbour | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 neighbour | cop |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 15 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 anything | nmod |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 neighbour | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not covet | shall | You | your neighbour's house | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that | 's your neighbour | tree rules |
Option 3
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | Sabbath | Sabbath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 day | compound |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Remember | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Remember | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keep | obj |
| 8 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | imperative | you not said here | day | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | holy property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 bear | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bear | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 bear | advmod |
| 4 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 witness | amod |
| 6 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bear | obj |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 neighbour | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 9 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bear | shall | You | false witness | against your neighbour | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Patient |
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