Test 3 · ★ · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…
Leo, who isn't religious, says: «So you can do anything, say sorry and God's fine with it?» Best reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, you, God · What happens: not be, say, do, be · To what, where: anything, sorry · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Leo, who isn't religious, says: «So you can do anything, say sorry and God's fine with it?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 religious | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 religious | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 religious | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 religious | advmod |
| 6 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Leo | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leo | punct |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| 11 | So | so | ADV | _ | 14 do | advmod |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 do | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 do | aux |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 says | ccomp |
| 15 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 14 do | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 say | punct |
| 17 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 do | conj |
| 18 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 say | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 fine | cc |
| 20 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 fine | nsubj |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 fine | cop |
| 22 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 sorry | conj |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 it | case |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 fine | obl |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| 26 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Leo | religious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | present | Leo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | can | you | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | God | with it; fine 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: Best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 reply | amod |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, God never forgives anything serious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 forgives | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 forgives | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 forgives | advmod |
| 5 | forgives | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 forgives | obj |
| 7 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 anything | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgive | present | God | anything | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 2
Only if you also pay the church a fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 church | det |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fine | det |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pay | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | you | the church | a fine obl:unmarked | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Asset |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, just saying the word sorry is all it ever takes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 saying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 saying | advmod |
| 4 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sorry | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sorry | compound |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saying | obj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 takes | cop |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 12 takes | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 takes | nsubj |
| 11 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 12 takes | advmod |
| 12 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saying | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | the word sorry | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | ever | all, take property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Forgiveness needs real sorrow and a wish to change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sorrow | amod |
| 4 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wish | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 wish | det |
| 7 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sorrow | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 change | mark |
| 9 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 needs | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Forgiveness | real sorrow and a wish | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sorrow=Theme | ||||
| 2 | change | to-infinitive | Forgiveness not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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