Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many fai…
"Hanukkah's lowkey the Jewish Christmas, it's the same thing," says Kai. Best-reasoned reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lowkey, Kai · What happens: be, say, reason · To what, where: same thing, Jewish Christmas, reply · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» 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: "Hanukkah's lowkey the Jewish Christmas, it's the same thing," says Kai.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Christmas | punct |
| 2 | Hanukkah | Hanukkah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lowkey | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Hanukkah | case |
| 4 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Christmas | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Christmas | det |
| 6 | Jewish | Jewish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Christmas | amod |
| 7 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 says | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 thing | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 thing | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 thing | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 thing | det |
| 12 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 thing | amod |
| 13 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 says | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 thing | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 thing | punct |
| 16 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 says | nsubj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | lowkey | the same thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Kai | the Jewish Christmas | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: Best-reasoned reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 reasoned | advmod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Best | punct |
| 3 | reasoned | reason | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reasoned | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 reasoned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reason | participle | reply | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, both festivals remember the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 remember | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 festivals | det |
| 4 | festivals | festival | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 remember | nsubj |
| 5 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 birth | det |
| 7 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remember | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Jesus | case |
| 9 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 birth | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Bethlehem | case |
| 11 | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Jesus | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | present | both festivals | the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent birth=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, because both are always held on 25 December each year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 held | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 held | mark |
| 4 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 held | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 held | aux:pass |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 held | advmod |
| 7 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 25 | case |
| 9 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 held | obl |
| 10 | December | December | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 25 | nmod:unmarked |
| 11 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 year | det |
| 12 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 held | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present · passive | both | 25 December | year | always property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on 25=Location |
Option 3
No, Hanukkah is actually a Muslim festival that ends Ramadan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 festival | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Hanukkah | Hanukkah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 festival | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 festival | cop |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 8 festival | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 festival | det |
| 7 | Muslim | Muslim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 festival | amod |
| 8 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 ends | nsubj |
| 10 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 festival | acl:relcl |
| 11 | Ramadan | Ramadan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 ends | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Hanukkah | a Muslim festival | actually property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | end | present | a Muslim festival | Ramadan | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality ramadan=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No: it remembers the Temple made holy again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 remembers | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 remembers | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 remembers | nsubj |
| 4 | remembers | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Temple | det |
| 6 | Temple | Temple | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 remembers | ccomp |
| 8 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 made | xcomp |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | present | it | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | past | the Temple | again | holy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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