Test 4 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount
A Muslim classmate asks, «Is your Golden Rule the same as ours?» What is a good answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Muslim classmate · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: Golden Rule, good answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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 Muslim classmate asks, «Is your Golden Rule the same as ours?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 classmate | det |
| 2 | Muslim | Muslim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 classmate | amod |
| 3 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 same | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 Rule | punct |
| 7 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Rule | cop |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 Rule | nmod:poss |
| 9 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Rule | amod |
| 10 | Rule | Rule | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 same | nsubj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 same | det |
| 12 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 ours | case |
| 14 | ours | our | PRON | Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 same | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 same | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a Muslim classmate | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | your Golden Rule | 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 a good answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, only Christians have ever taught it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 taught | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 taught | advmod |
| 4 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 taught | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 taught | aux |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 taught | advmod |
| 7 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 taught | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | present · perfect · passive | Christians | it | ever | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient it=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many faiths teach something very like it, including Islam
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 faiths | amod |
| 2 | faiths | faith | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 teach | nsubj |
| 3 | teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 teach | obj |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 it | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 teach | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Islam | punct |
| 9 | including | including | ADP | _ | 10 Islam | case |
| 10 | Islam | Islam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teach | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | present | Many faiths | something | like it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient |
Option 3
Yes, but Christians made it up first and the others copied it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 made | cc |
| 4 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 made | compound:prt |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 made | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 copied | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 others | det |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 copied | nsubj |
| 12 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 copied | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past | Christians | it | first property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | |||
| 2 | copy | past | the others | it | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
It is a rule about money, not about people
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 rule | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rule | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 money | case |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rule | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 people | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 people | advmod |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 people | case |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rule | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a rule and people | about money | tree rules |
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