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# Exam question 1 · Paul, his letters and the way of love

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Saul prior to his experience upon the road to Damascus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Saul · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conduct, experience · **To what, where:** conduct, Saul

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Paul, his letters and the way of love» 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/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Saul prior to his experience upon the road to Damascus?
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	_	12	case	_	_
12	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 Saul |  |  |  | of the following statements; prior Saul's experience upon the road to Damascus; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | Saul |  |  |  | prior Saul's experience upon the road to Damascus | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient prior=obl |
| 4 | **experience** |  | Saul |  |  |  |  | upon the road to Damascus | nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

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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 {#o1}

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He governed the province of Judaea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:e1:o1:1
# text = He governed the province of Judaea
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	governed	govern	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Judaea	Judaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | past | He | the province of Judaea |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent province=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was employed as a fisherman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:e1:o2:1
# text = He was employed as a fisherman
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | as a fisherman | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as fisherman=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He persecuted the first Christians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:e1:o3:1
# text = He persecuted the first Christians
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persecuted	persecute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persecute** | past | He | the first Christians |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christian=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He served as one of the twelve apostles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:e1:o4:1
# text = He served as one of the twelve apostles
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	apostles	apostle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | He |  |  |  |  | as one of the twelve apostles | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as one=Attribute |

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