Exam question 1 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

Which of the following most accurately characterises the purpose of the oath administered to witnesses in a court of law?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: oath · What happens: follow, characteris, administer, purpose · To what, where: purpose, oath, witnesses, court

This is exam question 1 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purpose	det
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 oath	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 oath	det
12	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purpose	nmod
13	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 oath	acl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 witnesses	case
15	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 administered	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 court	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 court	det
18	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 administered	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 law	case
20	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 court	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the purpose of the oath			accurately property	tree rules
3	administer	participle		the oath not said here	witnesses	a court of law		vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to witness=Recipient
4	purpose		the oath					nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 prolongation of proceedings for ceremonial reasons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prolongation	det
2	prolongation	prolongation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 proceedings	case
4	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 prolongation	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 reasons	case
6	ceremonial	ceremonial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reasons	amod
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 prolongation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prolong			proceedings				for ceremonial reasons	nom prolongation «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The exemption of witnesses from the consequences of any falsehood they utter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exemption	det
2	exemption	exemption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 witnesses	case
4	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exemption	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 consequences	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consequences	det
7	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 witnesses	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 falsehood	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 falsehood	det
10	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consequences	nmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 utter	nsubj
12	utter	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 falsehood	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	present	consequences = consequence	any falsehood not said here					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent falsehood=Topic
2	exempt			witnesses from the consequences of any falsehood					nom exemption «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The demonstration of the witness's religious affiliation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 demonstration	det
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 affiliation	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 witness	det
5	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 affiliation	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 witness	case
7	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 affiliation	amod
8	affiliation	affiliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate			the witness's religious affiliation					nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient
2	affiliate		the witness						nom affiliation «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The securing of truthful testimony, the liberty of persons depending upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 testimony	det
2	securing	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 testimony	csubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	2 securing	obl
4	truthful	truthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 testimony	amod
5	testimony	testimony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 liberty	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 liberty	det
8	liberty	liberty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 testimony	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 persons	case
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 liberty	nmod
11	depending	depend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 persons	acl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 depending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	gerund							vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	depend	gerund	persons not said here					upon liberty	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent

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