Test 9 · What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
An olympiad judge asks: «Why say a creed together, not just believe it quietly?» Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: olympiad judge · What happens: ask, say, not believe · To what, where: creed · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: An olympiad judge asks: «Why say a creed together, not just believe it quietly?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 judge | det |
| 2 | olympiad | olympiad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 judge | compound |
| 3 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 7 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 say | advmod |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 creed | det |
| 10 | creed | creed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 say | obj |
| 11 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 say | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 believe | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 believe | advmod |
| 14 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 believe | advmod |
| 15 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 say | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 believe | obj |
| 17 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 15 believe | advmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a olympiad judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | a creed | together property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent creed=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not believe in a quote | infinitive | creed | quietly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Saying it aloud makes God hear better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 4 makes | advmod |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 hear | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Saying | God | aloud property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | hear | infinitive | God not said here | good property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The words only work if said very loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 words | det |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 work | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 work | advmod |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 said | mark |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 work | advcl |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 loudly | advmod |
| 8 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 work | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | the words | loudly property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | participle | the words not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It is a test to see which people have forgotten the words
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 test | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 test | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 test | det |
| 4 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 test | acl |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 forgotten | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 forgotten | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 forgotten | aux |
| 10 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 test | acl:relcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 words | det |
| 12 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 forgotten | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a test | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | forget | present · perfect · passive | a test | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It joins Christians across churches in one shared 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 | 2 joins | nsubj |
| 2 | joins | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 joins | obj |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 5 churches | case |
| 5 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 joins | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 faith | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 faith | nummod |
| 8 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 faith | amod |
| 9 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 joins | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | present | It | Christians | churches | in one shared faith | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christian=Patient | ||
| 2 | share | participle | tree rules |
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