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Test 7 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

A friend with no religion asks: «do you seriously think a guy lived in a fish?» A fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, guy · What happens: ask, think, live · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Daniel, Jonah and the prophets» 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: A friend with no religion asks: «do you seriously think a guy lived in a fish?»

detnsubjcasedetnmodpunctpunctauxnsubjadvmodparataxisdetnsubjccompcasedetoblpunctpunctrootADETfriendNOUNwithADPnoDETreligionNOUNasksVERB:PUNCT«PUNCTdoAUXyouPRONseriouslyADVthinkVERBaDETguyNOUNlivedVERBinADPaDETfishNOUN?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 frienddet
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing6 asksnsubj
3withwithADP_5 religioncase
4nonoDETPronType=Neg5 religiondet
5religionreligionNOUNNumber=Sing2 friendnmod
6asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7::PUNCT_6 askspunct
8««PUNCT_12 thinkpunct
9dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 thinkaux
10youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs12 thinknsubj
11seriouslyseriouslyADV_12 thinkadvmod
12thinkthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 asksparataxis
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 guydet
14guyguyNOUNNumber=Sing15 livednsubj
15livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 thinkccomp
16ininADP_18 fishcase
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 fishdet
18fishfishNOUNNumber=Sing15 livedobl
19??PUNCT_12 thinkpunct
20»»PUNCT_12 thinkpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpresenta friend with no religionvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2think speech: other in a quotepresent · do-supportyouseriously propertyvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3live in a quotepasta guyin a fishvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fish=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: A fair answer?

detamodpunctrootADETfairADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 answerdet
2fairfairADJDegree=Pos3 answeramod
3answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 answerpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

All Christians say it is a joke

detnsubjnsubjcopdetccomprootAllDETChristiansPROPNsayVERBitPRONisAUXaDETjokeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AllallDETPronType=Tot2 Christiansdet
2ChristiansChristianPROPNNumber=Plur3 saynsubj
3saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 jokensubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 jokecop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 jokedet
7jokejokeNOUNNumber=Sing3 sayccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentall Christiansvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is apresentita joketree rules

Option 2

The Bible says it was only a dream

detnsubjnsubjcopadvmoddetccomprootTheDETBiblePROPNsaysVERBitPRONwasAUXonlyADVaDETdreamNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Bibledet
2BibleBiblePROPNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 dreamnsubj
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 dreamcop
6onlyonlyADV_8 dreamadvmod
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 dreamdet
8dreamdreamNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentthe Biblevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is apastBiblea dreamtree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Christians differ: some read it as history, others as a teaching story about second chances

The tree, 15 words
nsubjpunctnsubjparataxisobjcaseoblpunctconjcasedetcompoundoblcaseamodnmodrootChristiansPROPNdifferVERB:PUNCTsomeDETreadVERBitPRONasADPhistoryNOUN,PUNCTothersNOUNasADPaDETteachingNOUNstoryNOUNaboutADPsecondADJchancesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ChristiansChristianPROPNNumber=Plur2 differnsubj
2differdifferVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3::PUNCT_5 readpunct
4somesomeDETPronType=Ind5 readnsubj
5readreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 differparataxis
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 readobj
7asasADP_8 historycase
8historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing5 readobl
9,,PUNCT_10 otherspunct
10othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur8 historyconj
11asasADP_14 storycase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 storydet
13teachingteachingNOUNNumber=Sing14 storycompound
14storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing5 readobl
15aboutaboutADP_17 chancescase
16secondsecondADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord17 chancesamod
17chanceschanceNOUNNumber=Plur14 storynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1differpresentChristiansvn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2readpastsomeitas history and others; as a teaching story about second chancesvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus as history=Attribute

Option 4

All Christians say it was a submarine

detnsubjnsubjcopdetccomprootAllDETChristiansPROPNsayVERBitPRONwasAUXaDETsubmarineNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AllallDETPronType=Tot2 Christiansdet
2ChristiansChristianPROPNNumber=Plur3 saynsubj
3saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 submarinensubj
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 submarinecop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 submarinedet
7submarinesubmarineNOUNNumber=Sing3 sayccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentall Christiansvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is apastita submarinetree rules

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