Test 10 · ★ · The miracles of Jesus
A judge asks: «Can a Christian who doubts some miracle stories still be a Christian?» What is the fairest answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge, Christian, fairest answer · What happens: ask, doubt, be · To what, where: miracle stories · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 16 «The miracles 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: A judge asks: «Can a Christian who doubts some miracle stories still be a Christian?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Christian | punct |
| 6 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 Christian | aux |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 Christian | det |
| 8 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 doubts | nsubj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 doubts | nsubj |
| 10 | doubts | doubt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asks | parataxis |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 stories | det |
| 12 | miracle | miracle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stories | compound |
| 13 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 doubts | obj |
| 14 | still | still | ADV | _ | 17 Christian | advmod |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 Christian | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 Christian | det |
| 17 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 doubts | advcl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 Christian | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | doubt in a quote | present | a Christian | some miracle stories | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | infinitive | a Christian not said here | still | christian property | 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 is the fairest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fairest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, because doubting is always a sin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 sin | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sin | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 sin | mark |
| 4 | doubting | doubting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sin | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sin | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 sin | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sin | det |
| 8 | sin | sin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | doubting | a sin | always property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, some Christians read some stories symbolically; this is disputed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 read | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 Christians | det |
| 4 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 read | nsubj |
| 5 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 stories | det |
| 7 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 read | obj |
| 8 | symbolically | symbolically | ADV | _ | 5 read | advmod |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 disputed | punct |
| 10 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 disputed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 disputed | aux:pass |
| 12 | disputed | dispute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 read | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | some Christians | some stories | symbolically property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic | |||
| 2 | dispute | present · passive | this | tree rules |
Option 3
No, every Christian must believe every story in the same way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 believe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 Christian | det |
| 4 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 believe | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | aux |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 story | det |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 believe | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 way | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 way | amod |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 believe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | must | every Christian | every story | the same way | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, because miracles do not matter to any Christian
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 matter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 matter | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 matter | mark |
| 4 | miracles | miracle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 matter | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 matter | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 matter | advmod |
| 7 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 any | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 matter | obl |
| 10 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 any | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | miracles | to any | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to any=Experiencer |
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