Test 10 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer
«The Lord's Prayer is just asking for stuff,» says an older boy. What is a fuller answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prayer, older boy · What happens: ask, say, be · To what, where: fuller answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 23 «Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer» 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: «The Lord's Prayer is just asking for stuff,» says an older boy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 asking | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Lord | det |
| 3 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Prayer | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Lord | case |
| 5 | Prayer | Prayer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 asking | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 asking | aux |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 asking | advmod |
| 8 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 says | ccomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 stuff | case |
| 10 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 asking | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 asking | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 boy | det |
| 15 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 boy | amod |
| 16 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | present · progressive | the Lord's Prayer | for stuff | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a older boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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 is a fuller answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | fuller | full | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fuller answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it only asks God for things like food, money and presents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 asks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 asks | advmod |
| 5 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 things | case |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 asks | obl |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 food | case |
| 10 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 things | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 money | punct |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 food | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 presents | cc |
| 14 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 food | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | it | God | for things like food and money and presents | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It also praises God, asks forgiveness and protection
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 | 3 praises | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 3 praises | advmod |
| 3 | praises | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 praises | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 asks | punct |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 praises | conj |
| 7 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asks | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 protection | cc |
| 9 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forgiveness | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | present | It | God | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | forgiveness and protection | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent forgiveness=Recipient |
Option 3
No, it only praises God and asks nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 praises | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 praises | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 praises | advmod |
| 5 | praises | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 praises | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 asks | cc |
| 8 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 praises | conj |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 asks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | present | it | God | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | nothing | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient |
Option 4
It is only about forgiving other people
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 | 5 forgiving | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 forgiving | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 forgiving | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 5 forgiving | mark |
| 5 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 forgiving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | present · progressive | It | other people | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
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