Test 10 · Creation: God the maker

Olympiad judge: "If the world belongs to God, may we hunt a whole kind of animal until it is gone?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: world, Olympiad judge · What happens: belong, hunt, be · To what, where: Olympiad judge, God, whole kind

This is test 10 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» of the religion ethics 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judge	compound
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunt	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 belongs	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 belongs	punct
5	If	if	SCONJ	_	8 belongs	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belongs	nsubj
8	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 judge	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 God	case
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 belongs	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 judge	punct
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 hunt	aux
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 hunt	nsubj
14	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 kind	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 kind	amod
17	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hunt	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 animal	case
19	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 kind	nmod
20	until	until	SCONJ	_	23 gone	mark
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 gone	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 gone	cop
23	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 hunt	advcl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 hunt	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 hunt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	belong a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	the world	Olympiad judge not said here	God		tree rules
2	hunt in a quote	may	Olympiad judge	a whole kind of animal			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	world			go property	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, people own the whole world and can do whatever they like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 own	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 own	nsubj
4	own	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 world	amod
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 own	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 do	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 own	conj
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 like	obj
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 like	nsubj
13	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 do	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	own	present	people	the whole world	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot world=Theme
2	do	can	people not said here		tree rules
3	like	present	people	whatever	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme

Option 2

Yes, as long as it is done on a weekday and not on Sunday

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 done	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 done	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 done	aux:pass
8	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 long	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 weekday	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 weekday	det
11	weekday	weekday	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 done	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Sunday	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 Sunday	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 Sunday	case
15	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 long	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · passive		it		a weekday			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

No, because people may never use any animals at all, not even for food

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 use	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 use	mark
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	nsubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 use	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 use	advmod
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 use	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 food	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 food	advmod
14	even	even	ADV	_	16 food	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 food	case
16	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	may	people	any animals		all		for food	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent animal=Theme for food=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, stewards must look after creation, not use it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 stewards	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stewards	punct
3	stewards	steward	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	advcl
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 creation	case
7	creation	creation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 use	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 use	advmod
10	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 look	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 use	obj
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 use	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	steward	present			tree rules
2	look	must		after creation	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	not use up	infinitive	creation		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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