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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a sermon? Exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 2 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a sermon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer» 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/23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of a sermon?
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sermon	sermon	NOUN	NN	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 function of a sermon |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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A choral composition performed by the assembled congregation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:e2:o1:1
# text = A choral composition performed by the assembled congregation
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	choral	choral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	congregation	congregation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | participle |  | a choral composition *not said here* |  |  |  | by the assembled congregation | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A silent supplication offered individually by each worshipper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:e2:o2:1
# text = A silent supplication offered individually by each worshipper
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	supplication	supplication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	individually	individually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	worshipper	worshipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | participle |  | a silent supplication *not said here* |  |  |  | by each worshipper; individually *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An exposition of a scriptural passage and its application to conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:e2:o3:1
# text = An exposition of a scriptural passage and its application to conduct
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exposition	exposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	scriptural	scriptural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **exposit** |  |  | a scriptural passage and exposition's application |  |  |  |  | nom exposition «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **apply** |  | exposition |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An enumeration of parishioners suffering from illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:e2:o4:1
# text = An enumeration of parishioners suffering from illness
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enumeration	enumeration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	parishioners	parishioner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	suffering	suffer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | gerund | a enumeration of parishioners *not said here* |  |  | illness |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **enumerate** |  |  | parishioners |  |  |  |  | nom enumeration «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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