Test 3 · ★ · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel

Sam, whose family has no religion, asks: "So do Christians think kids are born evil?" What is the fairest answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, Sam, Christians, fairest answer · What happens: have, ask, do, think, bear, be · To what, where: religion, kids · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel» 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: Sam, whose family has no religion, asks: "So do Christians think kids are born evil?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 asks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 family	nmod:poss
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sam	acl:relcl
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 religion	det
7	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sam	punct
9	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 asks	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
12	So	so	ADV	_	13 do	advmod
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asks	ccomp
14	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	15 think	nsubj
15	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 do	ccomp
16	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 born	nsubj:pass
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 born	aux:pass
18	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 think	ccomp
19	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 born	xcomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	family	no religion	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	present	Sam		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do in a quote	infinitive			tree rules
4	think speech: other in a quote	present	Christians		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	bear in a quote	present · passive		kids	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they believe people are made good but everyone does wrong sometimes and needs God's help

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 believe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 believe	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believe	nsubj
4	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 made	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 believe	ccomp
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 made	xcomp
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 does	cc
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 does	nsubj
11	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	conj
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 does	xcomp
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 does	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 needs	cc
15	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 does	conj
16	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 help	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 God	case
18	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	present	they			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	make	present · passive		people	good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	do	present	everyone		sometimes, wrong property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	need	present	everyone not said here	God's help		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
5	help		God			nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Yes, Christians think children are wicked monsters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 monsters	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 monsters	cop
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monsters	amod
8	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Christians						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	children	wicked monsters					tree rules

Option 3

Christians think nobody ever does wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 does	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 does	advmod
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 think	ccomp
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 does	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Christians						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	do	present	nobody				ever	wrong property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Christians think only grown-ups can sin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 grown	advmod
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ups	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 grown	punct
6	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sin	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sin	aux
8	sin	sin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Christians	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	grow	participle		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sin	can	grown ups	vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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