Test 2 · ★ · Jesus' life and teaching
Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?» A fair Christian answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: baptise · To what, where: Atheist friend
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» 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: Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atheist | atheist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 friend | amod |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 baptised | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 5 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 did | mark |
| 6 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 baptised | aux |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 did | obj |
| 9 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nothing | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 baptised | punct |
| 11 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 baptised | advmod |
| 12 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 baptised | aux:pass |
| 13 | baptised | baptise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 baptised | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 baptised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | baptise in a quote | past · passive · do-support | Atheist friend | 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: A fair Christian answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 2 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 answer | amod |
| 3 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 answer | amod |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Because he had done many wrongs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 done | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wrongs | amod |
| 6 | wrongs | wrong | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 done | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | he | many wrongs | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality |
Option 2
Because John forced him into the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 forced | mark |
| 2 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forced | nsubj |
| 3 | forced | force | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forced | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 river | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 river | det |
| 7 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | force | past | John | him = he | the river | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 3
Because baptism made him God's Son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 made | mark |
| 2 | baptism | baptism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 God | case |
| 7 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | baptism | God's Son | him = he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary son=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
To join ordinary people at the start of his work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 join | mark |
| 2 | join | join | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 join | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 start | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 start | det |
| 7 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 join | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 work | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 work | nmod:poss |
| 10 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 start | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | to-infinitive | ordinary people | the start of his work | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ||||
| 2 | start | his work | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | work | his = he | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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