Test 8 · ★ · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…
Your friend says, «If I've done something bad, I'm just a bad person, full stop.» What does the Christian idea of forgiveness say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Christian idea · What happens: say, do, be · To what, where: something, bad person, Christian idea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 friend says, «If I've done something bad, I'm just a bad person, full stop.»
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 | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 done | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 done | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 done | mark |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 done | nsubj |
| 8 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 done | aux |
| 9 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 done | obj |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 something | amod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 person | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 person | nsubj |
| 14 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 person | cop |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 18 person | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 person | det |
| 17 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 person | amod |
| 18 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 done | advcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 stop | punct |
| 20 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 stop | amod |
| 21 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 person | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · perfect | Your friend = friend | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | Your friend = friend | a bad person and full stop | 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: What does the Christian idea of forgiveness say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 idea | det |
| 4 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 idea | amod |
| 5 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 forgiveness | case |
| 7 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 say | obl |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 idea | acl:relcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the Christian idea | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the Christian idea not said here | of forgiveness | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You can be forgiven and start again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 forgiven | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgiven | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forgiven | aux:pass |
| 4 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 start | cc |
| 6 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forgiven | conj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 start | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | can · passive | You | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | start | infinitive | again | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
Once bad, always bad, nothing can change it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 bad | advmod |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 nothing | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bad | punct |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 bad | advmod |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bad | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bad | punct |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 change | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 change | aux |
| 9 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | can | nothing | it | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3
Bad people should stop going to church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stop | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stop | aux |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 church | mark |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 going | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | Bad people | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | Bad people not said here | church | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Only good luck can make you good again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 luck | advmod |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 luck | amod |
| 3 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | good luck | you | again | good property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
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