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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises ecumenism? — Churches of the English-speaking world… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises ecumenism? Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Churches of the English-speaking world II» 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 choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Churches of the English-speaking world II

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Which of the following most accurately characterises ecumenism?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «Churches of the English-speaking world II» 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/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises ecumenism?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	ecumenism	ecumenism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | 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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The founding of independent congregations apart from others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:e4:o1:1
# text = The founding of independent congregations apart from others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	founding	founding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	congregations	congregation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **found** |  |  | independent congregations |  |  |  |  | nom founding «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The appointment of bishops over elders in every church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:e4:o2:1
# text = The appointment of bishops over elders in every church
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appointment	appointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bishops	bishop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The division of one church into many rival churches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:e4:o3:1
# text = The division of one church into many rival churches
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The co-operation of churches in pursuit of unity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:e4:o4:1
# text = The co-operation of churches in pursuit of unity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	co-operation	co-operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	unity	unity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** |  |  | unity |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act 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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