Test 6 · Psalms and Proverbs

«God only cares about important people» — which psalm says otherwise?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: God, psalm · What happens: care, say · To what, where: important people · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 cares	punct
2	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cares	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 cares	advmod
4	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 says	ccomp
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 important	advmod
6	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cares	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 cares	punct
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 psalm	det
11	psalm	psalm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	12 says	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care in a quote	present	God	important people					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	which psalm					otherwise property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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

Psalm 100, which says only kings may worship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Psalm	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Psalm	acl:relcl
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 kings	advmod
7	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 worship	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 worship	aux
9	worship	worship	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Psalm						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	worship	may	kings						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Psalm 46, which says God is far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
2	46	46	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Psalm	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 away	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 away	cop
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	God					away, far property	tree rules

Option 3

Psalm 13, which says God has forgotten everyone for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
2	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Psalm	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 forgotten	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 forgotten	aux
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 says	ccomp
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 forgotten	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 good	case
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 forgotten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forget	present · perfect	God	everyone				for good	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Psalm 139, which says God knows each person completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
2	139	139	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Psalm	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 knows	nsubj
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 knows	obj
10	completely	completely	ADV	_	7 knows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	present	God	each person				completely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus

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