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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises antisemitism? — Judaism · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises antisemitism? Exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Judaism» 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 · Judaism

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Which of the following most accurately characterises antisemitism?

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Judaism» 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/30-judaism/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises antisemitism?
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	antisemitism	antisemitism	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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A festival observed in the synagogue each autumn by the congregation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e4:o1:1
# text = A festival observed in the synagogue each autumn by the congregation
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	congregation	congregation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | participle |  | a festival *not said here* |  | the synagogue | autumn | by the congregation | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A dietary law observed by Jewish households at every meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e4:o2:1
# text = A dietary law observed by Jewish households at every meal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dietary	dietary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	households	household	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | participle |  | a dietary law *not said here* |  | every meal |  | by Jewish households | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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

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Hostility and hatred directed against Jewish people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e4:o3:1
# text = Hostility and hatred directed against Jewish people
1	Hostility	hostility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	directed	direct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | participle |  | Hostility and hatred *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A form of Jewish prayer recited at morning and evening services

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e4:o4:1
# text = A form of Jewish prayer recited at morning and evening services
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	recited	recite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | participle |  | Jewish prayer *not said here* |  |  | morning |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | Jewish prayer |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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