Test 9 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer
An olympiad judge asks: «Why might a hymn written by a former slave-trader move people today?» Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: olympiad judge, hymn · What happens: ask, write, move · To what, where: hymn, people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: An olympiad judge asks: «Why might a hymn written by a former slave-trader move people today?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 judge | det |
| 2 | olympiad | olympiad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 judge | compound |
| 3 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 18 move | punct |
| 7 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 move | advmod |
| 8 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 move | aux |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hymn | det |
| 10 | hymn | hymn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 move | nsubj |
| 11 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 hymn | acl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 trader | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 trader | det |
| 14 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 trader | amod |
| 15 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 trader | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 slave | punct |
| 17 | trader | trader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 written | obl |
| 18 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asks | parataxis |
| 19 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 move | obj |
| 20 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 move | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 move | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 move | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a olympiad judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | write in a quote | participle | a hymn not said here | by a former slave trader | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | move in a quote | might | a hymn | people | today | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme people=Result |
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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It shows that only sailors understand God
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 | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 understand | mark |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 sailors | advmod |
| 5 | sailors | sailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 understand | nsubj |
| 6 | understand | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 7 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 understand | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | understand | present | sailors | God | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It shows grace can change even someone who did great wrong
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 | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 change | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 change | aux |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 someone | advmod |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 change | obj |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 someone | acl:relcl |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wrong | amod |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 did | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | change | can | grace | someone | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient | ||||
| 3 | do | past | wrong property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It proves slave-trading was acceptable then
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 | 2 proves | nsubj |
| 2 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | slave | slave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trading | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 slave | punct |
| 5 | trading | trading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 acceptable | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 acceptable | cop |
| 7 | acceptable | acceptable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 proves | ccomp |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 proves | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | It | then | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | slave trading | acceptable property | tree rules |
Option 4
It is popular only because the tune is easy
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 popular | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 popular | cop |
| 3 | popular | popular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 easy | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 easy | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tune | det |
| 7 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 easy | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 easy | cop |
| 9 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 popular | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | popular property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the tune | easy property | 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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