Exam question 3 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in Joshua 9.

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

This is exam question 3 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	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 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 Joshua	case
10	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl:agent
11	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 Joshua	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 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

The Gibeonites were deceived by the leaders of Israel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gibeonites	det
2	Gibeonites	Gibeonite	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 deceived	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 deceived	aux:pass
4	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 leaders	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leaders	det
7	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deceived	obl:agent
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Israel	case
9	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 leaders	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	past · passive	the leaders of Israel	the Gibeonites					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The leaders of Israel, having been deceived into a treaty, nevertheless honoured it by reason of their oath

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 leaders	det
2	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 honoured	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Israel	case
4	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 leaders	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 deceived	punct
6	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 deceived	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 deceived	aux:pass
8	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 leaders	acl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 treaty	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 treaty	det
11	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deceived	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 honoured	punct
13	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	_	14 honoured	advmod
14	honoured	honour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 honoured	obj
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 reason	case
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 honoured	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 oath	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 oath	nmod:poss
20	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reason	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	gerund · perfect · passive		the leaders of Israel not said here				into a treaty result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: into treaty=Result
2	honour	past	the leaders of Israel	treaty				by reason of leaders's oath; nevertheless property	tree rules

Option 3

No oath was sworn in respect of the treaty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 oath	det
2	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sworn	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sworn	aux:pass
4	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 respect	case
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sworn	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 treaty	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 treaty	det
9	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past · passive		no oath		respect of the treaty			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	respect			the treaty					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The leaders of Israel repudiated the treaty upon discovering the deception

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leaders	det
2	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 repudiated	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Israel	case
4	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 leaders	nmod
5	repudiated	repudiate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treaty	det
7	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repudiated	obj
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	9 discovering	mark
9	discovering	discover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 repudiated	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 deception	det
11	deception	deception	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discovering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repudiate	past	the leaders of Israel	the treaty					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treaty=Theme
2	discover	gerund	the leaders of Israel not said here	the deception					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deception=Topic

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