Test 8 · What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
Your friend from a Jewish family says Jesus isn't the Messiah for her. How do you answer respectfully?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Jesus, you · What happens: say, not be, answer · To what, where: Messiah · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 21 «What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit» 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: Your friend from a Jewish family says Jesus isn't the Messiah for her.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 5 | Jewish | Jewish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 family | amod |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Messiah | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 Messiah | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 Messiah | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Messiah | det |
| 12 | Messiah | Messiah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | ccomp |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 Messiah | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend from a Jewish family | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | Jesus | the Messiah | for friend | 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: How do you answer respectfully?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 answer | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 answer | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 answer | nsubj |
| 4 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | respectfully | respectfully | ADV | _ | 4 answer | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | present · do-support | you | respectfully property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That is a real difference; Christians believe he is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 difference | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 difference | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 difference | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 difference | amod |
| 5 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 believe | punct |
| 7 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 believe | nsubj |
| 8 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 difference | parataxis |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 believe | obj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 difference | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | a real difference | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | believe | present | Christians | he | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
It does not matter, they are the same faith
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 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 faith | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 faith | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 faith | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 faith | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 faith | amod |
| 10 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | It | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | they | the same faith | tree rules |
Option 3
She must be wrong, because the creeds of the church say so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wrong | cop |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 say | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 say | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 creeds | det |
| 8 | creeds | creed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 say | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 church | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 church | det |
| 11 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 creeds | nmod |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | parataxis |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | She | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the creeds of the church | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
She is not allowed to say that at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 say | mark |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 school | mark |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | She | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | school | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent school=Topic |
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