Exam question 3 · Keeping promises

Select the response consistent with the account recorded in Mark 6:22-28.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, record · To what, where: response, account

This is exam question 3 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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 account	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 account	det
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 account	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Mark	case
10	Mark	Mark	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl:agent
11	6:22-28	6:22-28	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 Mark	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 response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	record	participle		the account 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

Herod declined to swear any oath on that occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Herod	Herod	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 declined	nsubj
2	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 swear	mark
4	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 declined	xcomp
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 oath	det
6	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swear	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 occasion	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 occasion	det
9	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	past	Herod						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not swear	to-infinitive	Herod not said here	any oath		that occasion			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality

Option 2

The breaking of a solemn oath by Herod resulted in the death of John the Baptist

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 breaking	det
2	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resulted	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 oath	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oath	det
5	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 oath	amod
6	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaking	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Herod	case
8	Herod	Herod	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 oath	nmod
9	resulted	result	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 death	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 death	det
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resulted	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 John	case
14	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 death	nmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Baptist	det
16	Baptist	Baptist	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 John	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	result	past	the breaking of a solemn oath by Herod			the death of John			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in death=Location
2	die		John						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The keeping of a wicked oath by Herod resulted in the death of John the Baptist

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keeping	det
2	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 resulted	csubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 oath	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oath	det
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 oath	amod
6	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeping	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Herod	case
8	Herod	Herod	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 oath	nmod
9	resulted	result	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 death	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 death	det
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resulted	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 John	case
14	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 death	nmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Baptist	det
16	Baptist	Baptist	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 John	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund			of a wicked oath by Herod	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	result	past	keeping	the death of John		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in death=Location
3	die		John			nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

John the Baptist released Herod from his oath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 released	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Baptist	det
3	Baptist	Baptist	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 John	flat
4	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Herod	Herod	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 released	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 oath	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 oath	nmod:poss
8	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past	John	Herod		John's oath			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer herod=Source

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