Test 7 · ★★ · Confession, prayer and making amends at church
little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuff?». What's the wise answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little cousin, wise answer · What happens: ask, forgive, not do, be · To what, where: u, stuff · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuff?».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cousin | amod |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 forgiven | punct |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 forgiven | mark |
| 6 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 forgiven | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 forgiven | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 forgiven | aux:pass |
| 9 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 forgiven | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 do | punct |
| 13 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 do | advmod |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 do | advmod |
| 15 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 time | appos |
| 16 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 do | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 do | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 forgiven | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | little cousin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | forgive a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | can · passive | u | time | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not do in a quote | infinitive | stuff | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Eventuality |
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's the wise answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Because each wrong still hurts someone and you must put it right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 hurts | mark |
| 2 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 hurts | nsubj |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 each | acl |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 hurts | advmod |
| 5 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 put | advcl |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 hurts | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 put | cc |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 put | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 put | aux |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 put | obj |
| 12 | right | right | ADV | _ | 10 put | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | each | someone | still | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient | |||
| 2 | put | must | you | it | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
Option 2
Good point, do what you like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 point | amod |
| 2 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj:outer |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 point | punct |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 like | obj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 like | nsubj |
| 7 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | infinitive | Good point | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | like | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
Option 3
Because you only get three goes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 goes | advcl |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | you | three | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer three=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | go | present | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Because the priest will run out of forgiveness one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 run | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 priest | det |
| 3 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 run | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | aux |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 forgiveness | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 forgiveness | case |
| 8 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 run | obl |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 day | nummod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 run | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | future | the priest | forgiveness | day | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out forgiveness=Trajectory |
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