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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning the plank and the speck? Exam question 4 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 4 · The Sermon on the Mount

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning the plank and the speck?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, concern · **To what, where:** teaching

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the teaching concerning the plank and the speck?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	speck	speck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the teaching and the speck |  |  |  | of the following statements; concern the plank; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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One ought to point out the faults of others at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e4:o1:1
# text = One ought to point out the faults of others at once
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point out** | ought | One | the faults of others |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Patient |
| 2 | **fault** |  |  | others |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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One ought to examine one's own faults before criticising those of others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e4:o2:1
# text = One ought to examine one's own faults before criticising those of others
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	examine	examine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	criticising	criticise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** | ought | One | one |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent one=Theme fault=Attribute |
| 2 | **criticise** | gerund | One *not said here* | those |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Minor faults are graver than major ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e4:o3:1
# text = Minor faults are graver than major ones
1	Minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	graver	grave	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	major	major	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Minor faults |  |  |  |  | than major ones; grave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carpentry presents a hazard to the eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e4:o4:1
# text = Carpentry presents a hazard to the eyes
1	Carpentry	carpentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present | Carpentry | a hazard | the eyes |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hazard=Theme to eye=Recipient |

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