Exam question 3 · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

Select the statement consistent with the teaching recorded in Luke 16:10.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, record · To what, where: statement, teaching

This is exam question 3 of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» 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 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
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	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 teaching	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Luke	case
10	Luke	Luke	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl:agent
11	16:10	16:10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 Luke	flat
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	record	participle		the teaching not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «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

Whoever is untrustworthy in little matters will be trustworthy in great ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 untrustworthy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 untrustworthy	cop
3	untrustworthy	untrustworthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 trustworthy	mark
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 matters	amod
6	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 trustworthy	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 trustworthy	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 trustworthy	cop
9	trustworthy	trustworthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 untrustworthy	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 ones	case
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ones	amod
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 trustworthy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Whoever					untrustworthy property	tree rules
2	is	future	little matters					in great ones; trustworthy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 trusted	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 trusted	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 trusted	aux:pass
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 trusted	advcl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 little	case
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 little	advmod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trusted	obl
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 trusted	aux
9	also	also	ADV	_	11 trusted	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 trusted	aux:pass
11	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 much	case
13	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 trusted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	can · passive		Whoever				with little	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with little=Theme
2	trust	can · passive						with much	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: with much=Theme

Option 3

Trust ought to be extended only in respect of great matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extended	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 extended	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 extended	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 extended	aux:pass
5	extended	extend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 respect	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 extended	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 matters	case
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 matters	amod
11	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	ought · passive		Trust					vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Recipient respect=Theme
2	respect			great matters					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Small matters are of no consequence to trustworthiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 matters	amod
2	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consequence	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consequence	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 consequence	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 consequence	det
6	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 trustworthiness	case
8	trustworthiness	trustworthiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consequence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Small matters					of no consequence; to trustworthiness	tree rules

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