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# Exam question 1 · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of the Arabic expression «Alhamdulillah»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** significance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of the Arabic expression «Alhamdulillah»?
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	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Alhamdulillah	Alhamdulillah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 significance of the Arabic expression |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An utterance of praise to God upon the occurrence of good fortune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e1:o1:1
# text = An utterance of praise to God upon the occurrence of good fortune
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **utter** |  |  | praise |  |  |  | to God; upon the occurrence of good fortune | nom utterance «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl upon=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A declaration of departure at the conclusion of a meeting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e1:o2:1
# text = A declaration of departure at the conclusion of a meeting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** |  |  | departure |  | the conclusion of a meeting |  |  | nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient at=place |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | a meeting |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A request for nourishment prior to a meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e1:o3:1
# text = A request for nourishment prior to a meal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A formal greeting exchanged at the commencement of the day, as at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e1:o4:1
# text = A formal greeting exchanged at the commencement of the day, as at dawn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	exchanged	exchange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** | participle |  | a formal greeting and dawn *not said here* |  | the commencement of the day |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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