Test 4 · Psalms and Proverbs

im so angry at God my nan died. is it wrong to say that in a prayer

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, it · What happens: die, be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 11 «Psalms and Proverbs» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	im	im	X	Foreign=Yes	3 angry	nsubj
2	so	so	ADV	_	3 angry	advmod
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wrong	advcl
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 God	case
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 angry	obl
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nan	nmod:poss
7	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 angry	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 wrong	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wrong	nsubj
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 say	mark
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wrong	csubj
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 prayer	mark
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 prayer	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 prayer	det
18	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	die	past	my nan		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	it	wrong property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, angry prayers are banned in the Bible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 banned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prayers	amod
4	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 banned	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 banned	aux:pass
6	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 Bible	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Bible	det
9	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		angry prayers		the Bible			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, the Psalms show people telling God honestly of sorrow and anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Psalms	det
4	Psalms	psalm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj
7	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 people	acl
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 telling	obj
9	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	7 telling	advmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 sorrow	case
11	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 telling	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 anger	cc
13	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sorrow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the Psalms		people				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	people not said here		God			of sorrow and anger; honestly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient

Option 3

Yes, God only listens to thankful and happy prayers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 listens	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 listens	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 listens	advmod
5	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 prayers	case
7	thankful	thankful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 prayers	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 happy	cc
9	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thankful	conj
10	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 listens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	present	God					to thankful prayers	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to prayer=Theme

Option 4

No, because God does not hear prayers at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 hear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hear	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 hear	mark
4	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hear	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hear	advmod
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hear	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	present · do-support	God	prayers		all			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer prayer=Stimulus

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