Test 9 · ★ · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…
«why'd you pray for my mum when she's not even christian?» asks a friend. What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she, friend, best answer · What happens: pray, not be, ask, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «why'd you pray for my mum when she's not even christian?» asks a friend.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 pray | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 pray | advmod |
| 3 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 5 pray | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pray | nsubj |
| 5 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 mum | case |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mum | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pray | obl |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 christian | advmod |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 christian | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 christian | cop |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 christian | advmod |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 christian | advmod |
| 14 | christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pray | advcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 pray | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 pray | punct |
| 17 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 friend | det |
| 19 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 asks | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray in a quote | present | you | for my mum | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for mum=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | she | christian property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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's the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
I was secretly trying to make her join my church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 trying | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trying | aux |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 trying | advmod |
| 4 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trying | xcomp |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | xcomp |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 church | nmod:poss |
| 10 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 join | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | I | secretly property | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | join not said to happen | infinitive | her = she not said here | my church | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Patient |
Option 2
Praying for other people is against the rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praying | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 rules | csubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 people | case |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Praying | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rules | cop |
| 6 | against | against | ADP | _ | 8 rules | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rules | det |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | gerund | for other people | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for people=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Praying | against the rules | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Christians pray for everyone they care about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 pray | nsubj |
| 2 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 pray | obl |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 care | nsubj |
| 6 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 everyone | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | present | Christians | for everyone | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for everyone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | care | present | Christians = christian | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Prayers only work for people who are Christians
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | obl |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 Christians | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Christians | cop |
| 8 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 people | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Prayers | for people | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for people=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | people | Christians | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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