Exam question 2 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

Select the response consistent with the injunction to speak "the truth in love" (Ephesians 4:15) when receiving an unwanted gift.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, speak, receive · To what, where: response, truth, love, unwanted gift · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 83 «White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing» 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 injunction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 injunction	det
7	injunction	injunction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 speak	mark
9	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 injunction	acl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 truth	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 speak	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 love	case
14	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 truth	nmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 truth	punct
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 Ephesians	punct
17	Ephesians	Ephesian	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 truth	appos
18	4:15	4:15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 Ephesians	flat
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 Ephesians	punct
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 receiving	advmod
21	receiving	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 truth	acl
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 gift	det
23	unwanted	unwanted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 gift	amod
24	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 receiving	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here	the truth	love	tree rules
3	receive	gerund		a unwanted gift		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme

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 immediate declaration that the gift is wholly unsatisfactory and ought to be exchanged forthwith

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	3 declaration	det
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 declaration	amod
3	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unsatisfactory	nsubj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 gift	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 declaration	acl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unsatisfactory	cop
8	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	9 unsatisfactory	advmod
9	unsatisfactory	unsatisfactory	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 exchanged	cc
11	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 exchanged	aux
12	to	to	PART	_	14 exchanged	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 exchanged	aux:pass
14	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 unsatisfactory	conj
15	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 exchanged	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the immediate declaration					unsatisfactory, wholly property	tree rules
2	exchange	ought · passive	the immediate declaration not said here					forthwith property	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

The fabrication of extravagant praise irrespective of one's opinion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fabrication	det
2	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 praise	case
4	extravagant	extravagant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 praise	amod
5	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fabrication	nmod
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	10 opinion	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 opinion	case
8	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 opinion	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 one	case
10	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fabrication	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fabricate			extravagant praise					nom fabrication «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	opine		one						nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The refusal to acknowledge the receipt of the gift whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 acknowledge	mark
4	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 receipt	det
6	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acknowledge	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 gift	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gift	det
9	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 receipt	nmod
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 acknowledge	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acknowledge	to-infinitive		the receipt of the gift				whatsoever property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent receipt=Topic
2	receipt			the gift					nom receipt «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The expression of sincere gratitude for the giver's effort and affection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gratitude	case
4	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gratitude	amod
5	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	10 effort	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giver	det
8	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effort	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 giver	case
10	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 affection	cc
12	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 effort	conj

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

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