Test 4 · ★ · Easter and Pentecost
«I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will be cross». Which story would help?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, vicar, story · What happens: get, be, help · To what, where: loads
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Easter and Pentecost» 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: «I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will be cross».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 questions | case |
| 7 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 loads | nmod |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 God | case |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 questions | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 scared | cc |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 scared | nsubj |
| 12 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 scared | cop |
| 13 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 vicar | det |
| 15 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 cross | nsubj |
| 16 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 cross | aux |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 cross | cop |
| 18 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 scared | parataxis |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 cross | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · perfect | I | loads of questions about God | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | future | the vicar | cross 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: Which story would help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 help | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | which story | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
The traders in the Temple
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 traders | det |
| 2 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Temple | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Temple | det |
| 5 | Temple | Temple | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 traders | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Judas betraying Jesus for silver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judas | Judas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 betraying | nsubj |
| 2 | betraying | betray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 betraying | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 silver | case |
| 5 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 betraying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betray | gerund | Judas | Jesus | for silver | tree rules |
Option 3
Peter denying Jesus three times by the fire in the courtyard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 denying | nsubj |
| 2 | denying | deny | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 denying | obj |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 times | nummod |
| 5 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 denying | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 fire | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fire | det |
| 8 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 denying | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 courtyard | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 courtyard | det |
| 11 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fire | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deny | gerund | Peter | Jesus | time | by the fire in the courtyard | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent jesus=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Doubting Thomas, whose doubts Jesus met with patience
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doubting | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 met | csubj |
| 2 | Thomas | Thomas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 doubts | compound |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 doubts | punct |
| 4 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 5 doubts | nmod:poss |
| 5 | doubts | doubt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Doubting | obj |
| 6 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 met | nsubj |
| 7 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 patience | case |
| 9 | patience | patience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 met | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | doubt | gerund | Thomas doubts | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Theme | |||||
| 2 | meet | past | Jesus | with patience | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with patience=Co-Agent |
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