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title: Select the response consistent with the account recorded in Mark 6:2… — Keeping promises · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the account recorded in Mark 6:22-28. Exam question 3 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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 3 · Keeping promises

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Select the response consistent with the account recorded in Mark 6:22-28.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, record · **To what, where:** response, account

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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/86-keeping-promises/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the account recorded in Mark 6:22-28.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Mark	Mark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	6:22-28	6:22-28	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  | the account *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Herod declined to swear any oath on that occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:e3:o1:1
# text = Herod declined to swear any oath on that occasion
1	Herod	Herod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	swear	swear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past | Herod |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **swear** | to-infinitive | Herod *not said here* | any oath |  | that occasion |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The breaking of a solemn oath by Herod resulted in the death of John the Baptist

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:e3:o2:1
# text = The breaking of a solemn oath by Herod resulted in the death of John the Baptist
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	solemn	solemn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Herod	Herod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	resulted	result	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Baptist	Baptist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **result** | past | the breaking of a solemn oath by Herod |  |  | the death of John |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in death=Location |
| 2 | **die** |  | John |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The keeping of a wicked oath by Herod resulted in the death of John the Baptist

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:e3:o3:1
# text = The keeping of a wicked oath by Herod resulted in the death of John the Baptist
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Herod	Herod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	resulted	result	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Baptist	Baptist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of a wicked oath by Herod | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **result** | past | keeping |  |  | the death of John |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in death=Location |
| 3 | **die** |  | John |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
John the Baptist released Herod from his oath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:86-keeping-promises:e3:o4:1
# text = John the Baptist released Herod from his oath
1	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Baptist	Baptist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Herod	Herod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past | John | Herod |  | John's oath |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer herod=Source |

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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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