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?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 religion | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 religion | det |
| 5 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 asks | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 think | punct |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 think | aux |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 think | nsubj |
| 11 | seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | 12 think | advmod |
| 12 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asks | parataxis |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 guy | det |
| 14 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lived | nsubj |
| 15 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 think | ccomp |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 fish | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 fish | det |
| 18 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lived | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 think | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a friend with no religion | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | present · do-support | you | seriously property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | live in a quote | past | a guy | in a fish | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 answer | det |
| 2 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 answer | amod |
| 3 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 answer | punct |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 Christians | det |
| 2 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 say | nsubj |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 joke | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 joke | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 joke | det |
| 7 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | all Christians | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a joke | tree rules |
Option 2
The Bible says it was only a dream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Bible | det |
| 2 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dream | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 dream | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 dream | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dream | det |
| 8 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the Bible | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Bible | a dream | tree 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 differ | nsubj |
| 2 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 read | punct |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 read | nsubj |
| 5 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 differ | parataxis |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 read | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 history | case |
| 8 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 read | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 others | punct |
| 10 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 history | conj |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 story | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 story | det |
| 13 | teaching | teaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 story | compound |
| 14 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 read | obl |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 chances | case |
| 16 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 17 chances | amod |
| 17 | chances | chance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 story | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | differ | present | Christians | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | read | past | some | it | as history and others; as a teaching story about second chances | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 Christians | det |
| 2 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 say | nsubj |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 submarine | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 submarine | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 submarine | det |
| 7 | submarine | submarine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | all Christians | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a submarine | tree rules |
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