Test 3 · The birth of Jesus
Muslim classmate: «We honour Jesus as a prophet too. What do Christians believe he is?»
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Muslim classmate, Christians, classmate · What happens: honour, believe, be · To what, where: Jesus · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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: Muslim classmate: «We honour Jesus as a prophet too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muslim | Muslim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 classmate | amod |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 honour | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 classmate | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 honour | punct |
| 5 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 honour | nsubj |
| 6 | honour | honour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 honour | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 prophet | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 prophet | det |
| 10 | prophet | prophet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 honour | obl |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 honour | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 honour | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | honour in a quote | present | Muslim classmate | Jesus | as a prophet | 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: What do Christians believe he is?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 believe | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | aux |
| 3 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 is | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | ccomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present · do-support | Christians | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | be | present | classmate | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The son of King Herod
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 son | det |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Herod | case |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Herod | compound |
| 5 | Herod | Herod | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 son | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Only a wise teacher like any other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 teacher | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 teacher | amod |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 other | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 other | det |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 teacher | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
An angel sent down from heaven in a human disguise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 angel | det |
| 2 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 angel | acl |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 sent | compound:prt |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 heaven | case |
| 6 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 disguise | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 disguise | det |
| 9 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 disguise | amod |
| 10 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send down | participle | a angel not said here | heaven | in a human disguise | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in disguise=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
God the Son who became human, God with us
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Son | det |
| 3 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 God | appos |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 became | nsubj |
| 5 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 God | acl:relcl |
| 6 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 became | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 God | punct |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 God | acl:relcl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 us | case |
| 10 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 God | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | God | human property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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