SPARQLQueryManager.executeAsk was not passing the transaction along. This was causing issues for Sesame tests: https://github.com/marklogic/marklogic-sesame/issues/118 https://github.com/marklogic/marklogic-sesame/issues/106 https://github.com/marklogic/marklogic-sesame/issues/133