Test 3 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer
«Ugh, the sermon's just the vicar going on and on,» moans your brother. What is it actually for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vicar, going · What happens: go on, moan · To what, where: brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: «Ugh, the sermon's just the vicar going on and on,» moans your brother.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 2 | Ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 10 going | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ugh | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sermon | det |
| 5 | sermon | sermon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 vicar | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 sermon | case |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 vicar | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 vicar | det |
| 9 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 going | nsubj |
| 10 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 moans | csubj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 going | compound:prt |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 on | cc |
| 13 | on | on | ADV | _ | 11 on | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 16 | moans | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 brother | nmod:poss |
| 18 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 moans | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 moans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on in a quote | gerund | the sermon's vicar | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | moan | present | going | your brother | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |
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 it actually for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 for | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 for | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 for | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 1 What | case |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Showing off how much the vicar knows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Showing | show | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 knows | csubj |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Showing | compound:prt |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 vicar | amod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 vicar | det |
| 6 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Showing | obl |
| 7 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show off | gerund | the much vicar | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | know | present | Showing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Telling people off for missing church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Telling | iobj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Telling | compound:prt |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 church | case |
| 5 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 church | amod |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | gerund | people | for missing church | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
Option 3
Filling up the time before the collection is taken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filling | fill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 taken | csubj:pass |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Filling | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Filling | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 collection | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 collection | det |
| 7 | collection | collection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Filling | obl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 taken | aux:pass |
| 9 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill up | gerund | before the collection; time | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | take | present · passive | Filling | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Explaining the Bible and how to live it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explaining | explain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Bible | det |
| 3 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Explaining | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 live | cc |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 live | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 live | mark |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 Bible | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 live | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | gerund | the Bible | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bible=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | Bible | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |
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