Exam question 2 · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book

Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in 2 Samuel 12:1-13.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, record · To what, where: statement, account, 2 Samuel

This is exam question 2 of lesson 89 «Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book» 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	_	11 Samuel	case
10	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 Samuel	nummod
11	Samuel	Samuel	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl
12	12:1-13	12:1-13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 Samuel	list
13	.	.	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		2 Samuel			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

Upon being confronted by Nathan, David ordered his imprisonment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 confronted	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 confronted	aux:pass
3	confronted	confront	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ordered	advcl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Nathan	case
5	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 confronted	punct
7	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ordered	nsubj
8	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 imprisonment	nmod:poss
10	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ordered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	confront	gerund · passive	Nathan		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	order	past	David	David's imprisonment	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imprisonment=Theme
3	imprison		David		nom imprisonment «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

David attributed the wrongdoing to his soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 attributed	nsubj
2	attributed	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wrongdoing	det
4	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attributed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 soldiers	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 soldiers	nmod:poss
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attributed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attribute	past	David	the wrongdoing				to David's soldiers	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Upon being confronted by Nathan, David immediately acknowledged that he had sinned against the Lord

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 confronted	mark
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 confronted	aux:pass
3	confronted	confront	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 acknowledged	advcl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Nathan	case
5	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 David	punct
7	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Nathan	conj
8	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	9 acknowledged	advmod
9	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 sinned	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sinned	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sinned	aux
13	sinned	sin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 acknowledged	ccomp
14	against	against	ADP	_	16 Lord	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Lord	det
16	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sinned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	confront	gerund · passive	Nathan and David		vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	acknowledge	past		immediately property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sin	past · perfect	David	against the Lord	vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary

Option 4

Nathan acknowledged having stolen the poor man's lamb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 acknowledged	csubj
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 having	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lamb	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 man	case
9	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	Nathan		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	have	gerund		the poor man's lamb	tree rules
3	steal	participle	the poor man's lamb not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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