Test 11 · ★★ · Baptism, communion and confirmation
Your friend says, «My church has seven sacraments and yours has two, so mine has more God.» Best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, church, yours · What happens: say, have · To what, where: seven sacraments, two, more God · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Baptism, communion and confirmation» 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: Your friend says, «My church has seven sacraments and yours has two, so mine has more God.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| 6 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 church | nmod:poss |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 sacraments | nummod |
| 10 | sacraments | sacrament | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 has | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 has | cc |
| 12 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 has | nsubj |
| 13 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 has | conj |
| 14 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 has | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 has | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 has | advmod |
| 17 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 has | nsubj |
| 18 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 19 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 20 God | amod |
| 20 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 has | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | My church | seven sacraments | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sacrament=Patient | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | yours | two | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient | ||||
| 4 | have in a quote | present | Your friend = friend | more God | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Patient |
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 reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 reply | amod |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Churches count differently, but all value God's grace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 count | nsubj |
| 2 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 2 count | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 value | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 value | cc |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 value | nsubj |
| 7 | value | value | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 count | conj |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 grace | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 God | case |
| 10 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 value | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | Churches | differently property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | value | present | all | God's grace | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grace=Stimulus |
Option 2
Seven is more than two, so his church does have more of God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 more | nummod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 more | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | than | than | ADP | _ | 3 more | fixed |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 more | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 have | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 church | nmod:poss |
| 9 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 have | obj |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 have | aux |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 more | conj |
| 12 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 have | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 God | case |
| 14 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | two | more property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present · do-support | two not said here | his church | tree rules |
Option 3
Two is fewer, so it is purer and better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 fewer | nummod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fewer | cop |
| 3 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 purer | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 purer | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 purer | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 purer | cop |
| 8 | purer | pure | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 fewer | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 better | cc |
| 10 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 purer | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | few property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | pure property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | tree rules |
Option 4
Sacraments are not about God at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacraments | sacrament | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 God | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 God | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 God | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 God | case |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 God | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Sacraments | all | about God | tree rules |
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