Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many fai…

Maya says, "Muslims believe the Qur'an is God's word." Her friend says, "Say it's God's word, full stop, or you're being rude." What is fair?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maya, Muslims, Qur'an, friend, you · What happens: say, believe, be · To what, where: word · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Maya says, "Muslims believe the Qur'an is God's word."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 believe	punct
5	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 believe	nsubj
6	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Qur'an	det
8	Qur'an	Qur'an	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 word	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 word	cop
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 word	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 God	case
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 believe	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 believe	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Maya		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	believe in a quote	present	Muslims		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a in a quote	present	the Qur'an	God's word	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.

Sentence 2: Her friend says, "Say it's God's word, full stop, or you're being rude."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Say	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Say	punct
6	Say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 word	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 word	cop
9	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 word	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 God	case
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Say	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stop	punct
13	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stop	amod
14	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 word	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 rude	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 rude	cc
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 rude	nsubj
18	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 rude	cop
19	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 rude	cop
20	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 rude	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Maya's friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	friend	God's word and full stop		tree rules
4	is in a quote	present	you		rude property	tree rules

Sentence 3: What is fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Maya: she says what Muslims believe, kindly and truly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 believe	obj
6	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 believe	nsubj
7	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kindly	punct
9	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	4 says	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 truly	cc
11	truly	truly	ADV	_	9 kindly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Maya						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	believe	present	Muslims						vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

Option 2

The friend: Maya is being rude by adding "Muslims believe"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 friend	punct
4	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 friend	appos
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 adding	mark
9	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 rude	advcl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 believe	punct
11	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 believe	nsubj
12	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 adding	ccomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the friend	rude property	tree rules
2	add speech: assert	gerund	the friend not said here		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	believe in a quote	present	Muslims		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Maya should call it just a made-up book to be really honest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maya	Maya	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 call	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
3	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 call	obj
5	just	just	ADV	_	10 book	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 book	det
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 book	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 made	compound:prt
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	14 honest	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 honest	cop
13	really	really	ADV	_	14 honest	advmod
14	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 call	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	should	Maya	it	a made book obl	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	make up	participle				vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive	Maya not said here		honest property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody should ever talk about other people's faiths at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 talk	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 talk	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 talk	advmod
4	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 faiths	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 faiths	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 people	case
9	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talk	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	should	Nobody			school	ever	about other people's faiths	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about faith=Topic

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