Exam question 3 · Trust that breaks and takes long to mend

Ascertain which statement concerning the deception of Isaac by Jacob (Genesis 27) is consistent with the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, concerning · What happens: ascertain, concern, be, deceive · To what, where: statement, deception, Isaac

This is exam question 3 of lesson 82 «Trust that breaks and takes long to mend» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 consistent	csubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 deception	det
6	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concerning	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Isaac	case
8	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 deception	nmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 Jacob	case
10	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 concerning	obl
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 Genesis	punct
12	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Jacob	appos
13	27	27	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 Genesis	flat
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 Genesis	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 consistent	cop
16	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 statement	acl
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 narrative	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 narrative	det
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 consistent	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	which statement		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Topic
2	concern	gerund		the deception of Isaac	by Jacob	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deception=Experiencer
3	is	present	concerning	which statement not said here	with the narrative; consistent property	tree rules
4	deceive			Isaac		nom deception «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

The deception occasioned the protracted estrangement of the brothers, reconciliation occurring only many years subsequently

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 deception	det
2	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occasioned	nsubj
3	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 estrangement	det
5	protracted	protract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 estrangement	amod
6	estrangement	estrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 occasioned	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 brothers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brothers	det
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 estrangement	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reconciliation	punct
11	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 estrangement	appos
12	occurring	occur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 reconciliation	acl
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 many	advmod
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 years	amod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 occurring	obj
16	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	12 occurring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	past	the deception	the protracted estrangement of the brothers			tree rules
2	protract	participle					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	occur	gerund	reconciliation not said here		year	subsequently property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	estrange			the brothers			nom estrangement «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The deception was immediately discovered and the blessing thereupon revoked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deception	det
2	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discovered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 discovered	aux:pass
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	5 discovered	advmod
5	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 revoked	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blessing	det
8	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 revoked	nsubj:pass
9	thereupon	thereupon	ADV	_	10 revoked	advmod
10	revoked	revoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 discovered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past · passive		the deception				immediately property	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	revoke	participle · passive		the blessing				thereupon property	tree rules

Option 3

The deception was undertaken at the express request of Esau

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deception	det
2	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertaken	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 undertaken	aux:pass
4	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 request	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 request	det
7	express	express	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 request	amod
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undertaken	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Esau	case
10	Esau	Esau	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 request	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past · passive		the deception		the express request of Esau			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	request			Esau					nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The deception produced no consequences of any description for Jacob

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deception	det
2	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produced	nsubj
3	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequences	det
5	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 produced	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 description	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 description	det
8	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequences	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 Jacob	case
10	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past	the deception	no consequences of any description				for Jacob	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent consequence=Result for jacob=Beneficiary

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