Exam question 4 · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

Ascertain which response is most consistent with this lesson when an apology has been received but the injury is still keenly felt.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, injury · What happens: ascertain, be, receive · To what, where: apology

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 consistent	advmod
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ascertain	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 lesson	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 received	advmod
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 apology	det
12	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 received	nsubj:pass
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 received	aux
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 received	aux:pass
15	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 consistent	advcl
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 felt	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 injury	det
18	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 felt	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 felt	cop
20	still	still	ADV	_	22 felt	advmod
21	keenly	keenly	ADV	_	22 felt	advmod
22	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 received	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which response			with this lesson; consistent property	tree rules
3	receive	present · perfect · passive		a apology			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	is	present	the injury		still	feel, keenly property	tree rules

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 pretence that no injury was ever sustained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pretence	det
2	pretence	pretence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 sustained	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 injury	det
5	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sustained	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sustained	aux:pass
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 sustained	advmod
8	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pretence	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	past · passive		no injury			ever		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The infliction of an equivalent injury upon the offender

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 infliction	det
2	infliction	infliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 injury	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 injury	det
5	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 injury	amod
6	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 infliction	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 offender	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 offender	det
9	offender	offender	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 injury	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inflict			a equivalent injury upon the offender					nom infliction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The candid acknowledgement that further time is required, forgiveness being a process

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 acknowledgement	det
2	candid	candid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 acknowledgement	amod
3	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 process	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 required	nsubj:pass
5	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 required	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 required	aux:pass
8	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acknowledgement	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 forgiveness	punct
10	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 process	nsubj
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 process	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 process	det
13	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		the candid acknowledgement					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition
2	is a	gerund	the candid acknowledgement	a process					tree rules

Option 4

The permanent refusal of any forgiveness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 refusal	det
2	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 refusal	amod
3	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 forgiveness	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 forgiveness	det
6	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 refusal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse			any forgiveness					nom refusal «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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