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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Pontius Pilate? Exam question 3 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» 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
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# Exam question 3 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Pontius Pilate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, Pontius Pilate

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» 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/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Pontius Pilate?
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	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Pontius	Pontius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Pilate	Pilate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 conduct of Pontius Pilate |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | Pontius Pilate |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He found no fault in Jesus yet acceded to the demands of the crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e3:o1:1
# text = He found no fault in Jesus yet acceded to the demands of the crowd
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	acceded	accede	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	demands	demand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | He | no fault |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic |
| 2 | **accede** | past |  |  |  | Jesus | yet | to the demands of the crowd | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to demand=Theme |
| 3 | **demand** |  |  | the crowd |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He took no part whatsoever in the proceedings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e3:o2:1
# text = He took no part whatsoever in the proceedings
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | He | no part |  | the proceedings |  | whatsoever *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in proceedings=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He released Jesus contrary to the wishes of the crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e3:o3:1
# text = He released Jesus contrary to the wishes of the crowd
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	contrary	contrary	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	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past | He | Jesus contrary |  |  |  | to the wishes of the crowd | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer contrary=Source |
| 2 | **wish** |  | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He found Jesus guilty upon substantial evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e3:o4:1
# text = He found Jesus guilty upon substantial evidence
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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