Exam question 2 · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Select the statement consistent with the accounts recorded in Joshua 2:4-6 and Hebrews 11:31.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, accounts · What happens: select, record · To what, where: statement, Joshua

This is exam question 2 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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	SCONJ	_	8 recorded	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 accounts	det
7	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 recorded	nsubj
8	recorded	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consistent	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Joshua	case
10	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl
11	2:4-6	2:4-6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 Joshua	flat
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Hebrews	cc
13	Hebrews	Hebrews	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Joshua	conj
14	11:31	11:31	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 Hebrews	flat
15	.	.	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	past	the accounts			Joshua and Hebrews			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

Rahab's falsehood is expressly commanded in Scripture as a universal rule for all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 falsehood	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Rahab	case
3	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 commanded	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 commanded	aux:pass
5	expressly	expressly	ADV	_	6 commanded	advmod
6	commanded	command	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Scripture	case
8	Scripture	Scripture	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 commanded	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	12 rule	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rule	det
11	universal	universal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rule	amod
12	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 commanded	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	command	present · passive		Rahab's falsehood		Scripture		as a universal rule for all; expressly property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: subject=Theme in scripture=Eventuality

Option 2

Rahab is condemned in Hebrews for her conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 condemned	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 condemned	aux:pass
3	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Hebrews	case
5	Hebrews	Hebrews	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 condemned	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 conduct	nmod:poss
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 condemned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condemn	present · passive		Rahab		Hebrews		for Rahab's conduct	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for conduct=Attribute
2	conduct		Rahab						nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Rahab surrendered the spies to the king's men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 surrendered	nsubj
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spies	det
4	spies	spy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 surrendered	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 men	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 men	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 king	case
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 surrendered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	past	Rahab	the spies	the king's men				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent spy=Theme to man=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Rahab concealed the spies and misled the king's men, and her faith is commended

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 concealed	nsubj
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spies	det
4	spies	spy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 concealed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 misled	cc
6	misled	mislead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 concealed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 men	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 misled	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 commended	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 commended	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 faith	nmod:poss
14	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 commended	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 commended	aux:pass
16	commended	commend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 concealed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	conceal	past	Rahab	the spies	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spy=Patient
2	mislead	past	Rahab not said here	the king's men	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient
3	commend	present · passive		Rahab's faith	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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