Test 4 · The birth of Jesus
«why would God's son be born next to cows lol, makes no sense». Best answer for the olympiad?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bear, make · To what, where: son, sense
This is test 4 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: «why would God's son be born next to cows lol, makes no sense».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 born | advmod |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 born | aux |
| 4 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 God | case |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 born | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 born | aux:pass |
| 8 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 makes | advcl |
| 9 | next | next | ADV | _ | 8 born | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 cows | case |
| 11 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 next | obl |
| 12 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 8 born | discourse |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 14 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 sense | det |
| 16 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 makes | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear in a quote | would · passive | God's son | next property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | no sense | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |
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 answer for the olympiad?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 olympiad | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 olympiad | det |
| 5 | olympiad | olympiad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 answer | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
It was a mistake because the inn lost the booking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mistake | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mistake | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 lost | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 inn | det |
| 7 | inn | inn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lost | nsubj |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mistake | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 booking | det |
| 10 | booking | booking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a mistake | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | the inn | the booking | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booking=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Christians believe God chose to come humbly, close to ordinary people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 chose | nsubj |
| 4 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 believe | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 come | mark |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 chose | xcomp |
| 7 | humbly | humbly | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 close | punct |
| 9 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 believe | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 11 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 people | amod |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 close | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Christians | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | choose | past | God | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | come | to-infinitive | God not said here | humbly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Rich people always had babies in stables then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 had | advmod |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 stables | case |
| 7 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obl |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 had | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Rich people | babies | stables | then | always property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It shows God did not care where he was born
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 care | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 care | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 care | advmod |
| 6 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 born | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 born | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 born | aux:pass |
| 10 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 care | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not care | past · do-support | God | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | bear | past · passive | God | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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