--- title: Ascertain the meaning of "stewardship" as it pertains to the natural… — Creation: God the maker · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the meaning of "stewardship" as it pertains to the natural world in Christian teaching. Exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/1-creation-god-the-maker/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Creation: God the maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/1-creation-god-the-maker/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Creation: God the maker Ascertain the meaning of "stewardship" as it pertains to the natural world in Christian teaching. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, meaning · **What happens:** ascertain, pertain, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, Christian teaching, stewardship This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/1-creation-god-the-maker/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the meaning of "stewardship" as it pertains to the natural world in Christian teaching. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 stewardship stewardship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pertains pertain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 teaching teaching NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of stewardship | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | | 2 | **pertain** | present | meaning | | | Christian teaching | | to the natural world | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to world=Co-Theme | | 3 | **mean** | | | stewardship | | | | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The responsible care of creation on behalf of God ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e4:o1:1 # text = The responsible care of creation on behalf of God 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 responsible responsible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 creation creation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **care** | | creation | | | behalf of God | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent on=place | ### Option 2 {#o2} The unrestricted ownership and use of all resources ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e4:o2:1 # text = The unrestricted ownership and use of all resources 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unrestricted unrestrict VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 ownership ownership NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 resources resource NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unrestrict** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The exclusive care of gardens by ordained ministers ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e4:o3:1 # text = The exclusive care of gardens by ordained ministers 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 exclusive exclusive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 ordained ordain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ordain** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **care** | | gardens | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The abstention from all contact with the natural world ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e4:o4:1 # text = The abstention from all contact with the natural world 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 abstention abstention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 contact contact NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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