Exam question 3 · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

Select the statement consistent with the meaning of the term "metanoia".

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, mean · To what, where: statement, term

This is exam question 3 of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» 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 meaning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 meaning	det
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 term	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meaning	nmod
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 metanoia	punct
12	metanoia	metanoia	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 metanoia	punct
14	.	.	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	mean			the term					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Repentance entails the repetition of an apology on each occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repentance	repentance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	nsubj
2	entails	entail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 repetition	det
4	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 apology	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 apology	det
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repetition	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 occasion	case
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 occasion	det
10	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entail	present	Repentance	the repetition of a apology		each occasion			tree rules
2	repeat		a apology						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

Repentance entails the payment of a sum to the church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repentance	repentance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	nsubj
2	entails	entail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 payment	det
4	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sum	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sum	det
7	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 payment	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 church	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 church	det
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entail	present	Repentance	the payment of a sum				to the church	tree rules
2	pay			a sum					nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Repentance entails a change of mind and of direction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repentance	repentance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	nsubj
2	entails	entail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 change	det
4	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 mind	case
6	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 direction	cc
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 direction	case
9	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entail	present	Repentance	a change of mind and direction					tree rules
2	change		mind and direction						nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Repentance entails no alteration of conduct whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repentance	repentance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	compound
2	entails	entail	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 alteration	det
4	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entails	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 conduct	case
6	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alteration	nmod
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 entails	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter			conduct					nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient

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