Test 11 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer

A judge follows up: «Why do Christians say faith is shared, not just private?»

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge, Christians · What happens: follow up, say, share · To what, where: faith · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 follows	compound:prt
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 follows	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
7	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 say	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 Christians	aux
9	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 say	nsubj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 follows	parataxis
11	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shared	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 shared	aux:pass
13	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 say	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 private	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 private	advmod
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 private	advmod
17	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 say	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 private	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow up	present	a judge		tree rules
2	say speech: ask in a quote	present	Christians		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	share in a quote	present · passive		faith	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.

The options

Option 1

Private faith does not count at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 faith	amod
2	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 count	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 count	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 count	advmod
5	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not count	present · do-support	Private faith			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They worship and pray together as one family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 worship	nsubj
2	worship	worship	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pray	cc
4	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 worship	conj
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 pray	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 family	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 family	nummod
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worship	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worship	present	They					as one family	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	pray	present	They not said here					together property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

Only groups are allowed to talk to God, never one person alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 groups	advmod
2	groups	group	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 God	case
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 talk	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 person	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 person	advmod
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 person	nummod
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	conj
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 person	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		groups					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	groups not said here		God				vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to god=Co-Agent

Option 4

Praying alone is forbidden in every church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Praying	pray	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 forbidden	csubj:pass
2	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Praying	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	aux:pass
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 church	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 church	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	gerund						alone property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	forbid	present · passive	Praying			every church			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»

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