Exam question 2 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet
Select the statement consistent with Deuteronomy 22:1-3.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select · To what, where: statement
This is exam question 2 of lesson 95 «Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet» 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 | 3 statement | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 Deuteronomy | case |
| 6 | Deuteronomy | Deuteronomy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 consistent | obl |
| 7 | 22:1-3 | 22:1-3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 Deuteronomy | flat |
| 8 | . | . | 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 | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
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
Lost property ought to be destroyed to avoid disputes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 property | amod |
| 2 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 destroyed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 destroyed | aux |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 destroyed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 destroyed | aux:pass |
| 6 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 avoid | mark |
| 8 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 destroyed | advcl |
| 9 | disputes | dispute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 avoid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | destroy | ought · passive | Lost property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | avoid | to-infinitive | disputes | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent dispute=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Property lost by a neighbour ought to be kept safely and restored to the owner
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Property | acl |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 neighbour | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 neighbour | det |
| 5 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obl |
| 6 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 kept | aux |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 kept | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 kept | aux:pass |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 9 kept | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 restored | cc |
| 12 | restored | restore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 kept | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 owner | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 owner | det |
| 15 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 restored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | Property not said here | by a neighbour | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | ought · passive | Property | safely property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | restore | participle | the owner | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to owner=Recipient |
Option 3
Lost property may be retained if the owner is unknown to the finder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 property | amod |
| 2 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 retained | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 retained | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 retained | aux:pass |
| 5 | retained | retain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 unknown | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 owner | det |
| 8 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 unknown | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 unknown | cop |
| 10 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 retained | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 finder | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 finder | det |
| 13 | finder | finder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 unknown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | retain | may · passive | Lost property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the owner | to the finder; unknown property | tree rules |
Option 4
Property lost by a neighbour becomes the possession of the finder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 becomes | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Property | acl |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 neighbour | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 neighbour | det |
| 5 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obl |
| 6 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 possession | det |
| 8 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 becomes | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 finder | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 finder | det |
| 11 | finder | finder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 possession | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | Property not said here | by a neighbour | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | become | present | Property | the possession of the finder | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | possess | the finder | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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