Test 2 · Creation: God the maker

Zara, who is Muslim, asks: "Do Christians think the world just happened by chance?" What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zara, Christians, world, best answer · What happens: be, ask, think, happen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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

Sentence 1: Zara, who is Muslim, asks: "Do Christians think the world just happened by chance?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Muslim	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 Muslim	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Muslim	cop
5	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Zara	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Zara	punct
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
10	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 think	aux
11	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 think	nsubj
12	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asks	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 world	det
14	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 happened	nsubj
15	just	just	ADV	_	16 happened	advmod
16	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 think	ccomp
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 chance	case
18	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 happened	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Zara	muslim property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	Zara		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	think speech: other in a quote	infinitive · do-support	Christians		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	happen in a quote	past	the world	by chance	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by chance=Location

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 is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	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	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	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 best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, Christians think there was no plan at all, only chance and luck

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 was	expl
6	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 think	ccomp
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 plan	det
8	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 was	nsubj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 plan	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chance	punct
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 chance	advmod
13	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 think	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 luck	cc
15	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Christians	chance and luck					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	be	past	no plan at all			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Christians think the world was made by people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 world	det
4	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 think	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Christians						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	make	past · passive	people	the world					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

Option 3

Christians say nobody can ask that question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 ask	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	aux
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	ccomp
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 question	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Christians						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	can	nobody	that question					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, Christians believe it was made on purpose and with care by God

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 believe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 believe	punct
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 believe	nsubj
4	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 believe	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 care	cc
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 care	case
12	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purpose	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 God	case
14	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	Christians						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	make	past · passive	God	it		purpose and care			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

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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