Test 4 · ★★ · Confession, prayer and making amends at church
Mum: «Being forgiven doesn't mean the porch paints itself». What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, porch · What happens: forgive, not mean, paint, mean · To what, where: Mum, porch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Mum: «Being forgiven doesn't mean the porch paints itself».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 forgiven | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 forgiven | punct |
| 4 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 forgiven | aux:pass |
| 5 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Mum | acl:relcl |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mean | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 mean | advmod |
| 8 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 porch | det |
| 10 | porch | porch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 paints | nsubj |
| 11 | paints | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mean | ccomp |
| 12 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 paints | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 paints | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive in a quote | gerund · passive | Mum not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 2 | not mean in a quote | present · do-support | Mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | paint in a quote | present | the porch | porch | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: What does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
He's not really forgiven until the porch is painted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 forgiven | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 forgiven | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 forgiven | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 forgiven | advmod |
| 5 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 painted | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 porch | det |
| 8 | porch | porch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 painted | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 painted | aux:pass |
| 10 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 forgiven | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgive | present · passive | He | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | paint | present · passive | the porch | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 2
Painting is a punishment from God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 punishment | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 punishment | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 punishment | det |
| 4 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 God | case |
| 6 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 punishment | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Painting | a punishment | from God | tree rules |
Option 3
The porch will fix itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 porch | det |
| 2 | porch | porch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | aux |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 fix | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | future | the porch | porch | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He still has to make amends with work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 has | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 has | advmod |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 has | xcomp |
| 6 | amends | amend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 work | case |
| 8 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | still | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | He not said here | amends | with work | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product |
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