Test 3 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion
A friend from a Hindu family asks why the cross is on your church when it was a punishment. What is a good answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, cross · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: church, punishment, good answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» 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 friend from a Hindu family asks why the cross is on your church when it was a punishment.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 5 | Hindu | hindu | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 family | amod |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 7 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 church | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cross | det |
| 10 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 church | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 church | cop |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 church | case |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 church | nmod:poss |
| 14 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asks | ccomp |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 punishment | advmod |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 punishment | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 punishment | cop |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 punishment | det |
| 19 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asks | parataxis |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a friend from a Hindu family | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the cross | your church | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | cross | a punishment | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Christians believe God turned the worst into a sign of love and hope
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 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 believe | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 worst | det |
| 6 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 turned | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 sign | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 sign | det |
| 9 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 love | case |
| 11 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sign | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 hope | cc |
| 13 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sign | conj |
| # | 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 | turn | past | God | the worst | a sign of love and hope | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bad=Theme into sign=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | sign | love | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Because it is a sign of the Pope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 sign | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sign | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sign | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sign | det |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Pope | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Pope | det |
| 8 | Pope | Pope | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sign | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a sign | of the Pope | tree rules |
Option 3
Because Christians like punishments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 2 Christians | case |
| 2 | Christians | christian | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 punishments | case |
| 4 | punishments | punishment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Christians | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Because the Romans built all the churches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 built | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Romans | det |
| 3 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 built | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 churches | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 churches | det |
| 7 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 built | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | the Romans | all churches | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Product |
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