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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian understanding of marriage vows? Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian understanding of marriage vows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, understand · **To what, where:** Christian understanding, marriage vows

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian understanding of marriage vows?
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	11	det	_	_
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	vows	vow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 Christian understanding of marriage vows |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **understand** |  |  | marriage vows |  |  |  |  | nom understanding «cognition 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 {#o1}

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An undertaking binding solely upon members of the clergy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e1:o1:1
# text = An undertaking binding solely upon members of the clergy
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clergy	clergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | gerund | a undertaking *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon members of the clergy; solely *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A private arrangement of fixed duration terminable at will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e1:o2:1
# text = A private arrangement of fixed duration terminable at will
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	terminable	terminable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **arrange** |  |  | fixed duration |  |  |  |  | nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A public and lifelong undertaking of fidelity made before God and witnesses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e1:o3:1
# text = A public and lifelong undertaking of fidelity made before God and witnesses
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	witnesses	witness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a public undertaking of fidelity *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **undertake** |  |  | fidelity |  |  |  |  | nom undertaking «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A financial contract concluded between two families

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e1:o4:1
# text = A financial contract concluded between two families
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	financial	financial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	contract	contract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | participle |  | a financial contract *not said here* |  |  |  | between two families | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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