Exam question 2 · Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice

Select the response consistent with the teaching of Matthew 18:15 concerning a friend's fault.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, teaching, friend · What happens: select, concern, teach, fault · To what, where: response, fault, Matthew

This is exam question 2 of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» 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 teaching	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teaching	det
7	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Matthew	case
9	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 teaching	nmod
10	18:15	18:15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 Matthew	flat
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 teaching	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 friend	det
13	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fault	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 friend	case
15	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the teaching of Matthew not said here	a friend's fault	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fault=Experiencer
3	teach			Matthew	nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient
4	fault		a friend		nom fault «act transitive»: poss=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

The fault ought to be reported anonymously to a stranger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fault	det
2	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reported	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 reported	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 reported	aux:pass
6	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	anonymously	anonymously	ADV	_	6 reported	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 stranger	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stranger	det
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	ought · passive		the fault	a stranger			anonymously property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to stranger=Recipient

Option 2

The fault ought first to be announced before the assembled class, so that all may learn from it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fault	det
2	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 announced	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 announced	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 announced	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 announced	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 announced	aux:pass
7	announced	announce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	before	before	ADP	_	11 class	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 class	det
10	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 class	amod
11	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 announced	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 learn	punct
13	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	17 learn	mark
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 so	fixed
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 learn	nsubj
16	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 learn	aux
17	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 announced	conj
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 learn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce speech: other	ought · passive		the fault		before the assembled class	first property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	assemble	participle						vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	learn	may	all		fault			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from it=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The friend ought to be avoided until the fault is forgotten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 avoided	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 avoided	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 avoided	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 avoided	aux:pass
6	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 forgotten	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fault	det
9	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forgotten	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 forgotten	aux:pass
11	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 avoided	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	ought · passive		the friend					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location
2	forget	present · passive		the fault					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The friend ought first to be approached privately and spoken to directly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 approached	nsubj
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 approached	aux
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 approached	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	7 approached	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 approached	aux:pass
7	approached	approach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	privately	privately	ADV	_	7 approached	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 spoken	cc
10	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 approached	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 spoken	obl
12	directly	directly	ADV	_	10 spoken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	ought · passive		the friend				first, privately property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	speak speech: other	participle						directly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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