Test 2 · ★ · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he… Your sister snapped at you, then said sorry. Next day she did it again. Your nan says «forgive her». What does Jesus' teaching mean here?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, nan, teaching, Jesus · What happens: snap, say, do, forgive, mean, teach · To what, where: sister, it, nan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and heaven» 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 sister snapped at you, then said sorry.
nmod:poss nsubj acl case obl punct advmod xcomp punct root Your PRON sister NOUN snapped VERB at ADP you PRON , PUNCT then ADV said VERB sorry ADJ . PUNCT 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 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 8 said nsubj 3 snapped snap VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 sister acl 4 at at ADP _ 5 you case 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 snapped obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 2 sister punct 7 then then ADV PronType=Dem 8 said advmod 8 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 8 said xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 snap participle Your sister not said here at you vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at you=Location 2 say speech: apologize past Your sister then sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: Next day she did it again.
amod obl:unmarked nsubj obj advmod punct root Next ADJ day NOUN she PRON did VERB it PRON again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Next next ADJ Degree=Pos 2 day amod 2 day day NOUN Number=Sing 4 did obl:unmarked 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did nsubj 4 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did obj 6 again again ADV _ 4 did advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past sister it again; day vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Sentence 3: Your nan says «forgive her».
nmod:poss nsubj punct ccomp obj punct punct root Your PRON nan NOUN says VERB « PUNCT forgive VERB her PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT 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 nan nmod:poss 2 nan nan NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 forgive punct 5 forgive forgive VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 forgive obj 7 » » PUNCT _ 5 forgive punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your nan vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 forgive in a quote infinitive nan vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
Sentence 4: What does Jesus' teaching mean here?
obj aux nmod:poss case nsubj advmod punct root What PRON does AUX Jesus PROPN ' PART teaching NOUN mean VERB here ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 6 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 mean aux 3 Jesus Jesus PROPN Number=Sing 5 teaching nmod:poss 4 ' 's PART _ 3 Jesus case 5 teaching teaching NOUN Number=Sing 6 mean nsubj 6 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 here here ADV PronType=Dem 6 mean advmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support Jesus's teaching here vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic 2 teach Jesus nom teaching «act transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Forgive her only if she pays you back
obj advmod mark nsubj advcl iobj advmod root Forgive VERB her PRON only ADV if SCONJ she PRON pays VERB you PRON back ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Forgive forgive VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Forgive obj 3 only only ADV _ 6 pays advmod 4 if if SCONJ _ 6 pays mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 pays nsubj 6 pays pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Forgive advcl 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 pays iobj 8 back back ADV _ 6 pays advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 forgive imperative you not said here her = she vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme 2 pay back a condition, not said to happen present she you vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset
Option 2 Pretend it never happened and say nothing
nsubj advmod ccomp cc conj obj root Pretend VERB it PRON never ADV happened VERB and CCONJ say VERB nothing PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pretend pretend VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 happened nsubj 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 happened advmod 4 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Pretend ccomp 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 say cc 6 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Pretend conj 7 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 say obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend imperative you not said here tree rules 2 not happen past it vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 say speech: assert infinitive you not said here nothing vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Keep forgiving, while still telling her it hurts
xcomp punct mark advmod csubj iobj obl parataxis root Keep VERB forgiving VERB , PUNCT while SCONJ still ADV telling VERB her PRON it PRON hurts VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 forgiving forgive VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Keep xcomp 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 telling punct 4 while while SCONJ _ 6 telling mark 5 still still ADV _ 6 telling advmod 6 telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 hurts csubj 7 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 telling iobj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 telling obl 9 hurts hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here tree rules 2 forgive gerund you not said here vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 tell speech: assert gerund it her = she still vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 4 hurt present telling vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Option 4 Forgive only once, then never again, whatever she says
advmod advmod punct advmod advmod advmod punct obj nsubj parataxis root Forgive VERB only ADV once ADV , PUNCT then ADV never ADV again ADV , PUNCT whatever PRON she PRON says VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Forgive forgive VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 only only ADV _ 3 once advmod 3 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 1 Forgive advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 again punct 5 then then ADV PronType=Dem 7 again advmod 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 again advmod 7 again again ADV _ 1 Forgive advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 again punct 9 whatever whatever PRON PronType=Rel 11 says obj 10 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 says nsubj 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Forgive parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 forgive imperative you not said here again once property vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 say speech: assert present she whatever vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic
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