Test 2 · ★★ · Baptism, communion and confirmation Your Baptist friend says, «Baby baptism doesn't count, they didn't choose.» Your Anglican friend gets cross. What's the best-reasoned thing to say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Baptist friend, Baby baptism, they, Anglican friend, best reasoned thing · What happens: say, not count, not choose, get, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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 Baptist friend says, «Baby baptism doesn't count, they didn't choose.»
nmod:poss amod nsubj punct punct compound nsubj aux advmod ccomp punct nsubj aux advmod conj punct punct root Your PRON Baptist ADJ friend NOUN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Baby NOUN baptism NOUN does AUX n't PART count VERB , PUNCT they PRON did AUX n't PART choose VERB . PUNCT » PUNCT 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 3 friend nmod:poss 2 Baptist baptist ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friend amod 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 count punct 6 « « PUNCT _ 11 count punct 7 Baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 8 baptism compound 8 baptism baptism NOUN Number=Sing 11 count nsubj 9 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 count aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 count advmod 11 count count VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 choose punct 13 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 choose nsubj 14 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 16 choose aux 15 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 16 choose advmod 16 choose choose VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 count conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 11 count punct 18 » » PUNCT _ 11 count punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your Baptist friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2 not count in a quote present · do-support Baby baptism vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3 not choose in a quote past · do-support they vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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: Your Anglican friend gets cross.
nmod:poss amod nsubj xcomp punct root Your PRON Anglican ADJ friend NOUN gets VERB cross ADJ . PUNCT 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 3 friend nmod:poss 2 Anglican anglican ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friend amod 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 gets nsubj 4 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 cross cross ADJ Degree=Pos 4 gets xcomp 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 gets punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present Your Anglican friend cross property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What's the best-reasoned thing to say?
cop det amod punct amod nsubj mark acl punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET best ADJ - PUNCT reasoned ADJ thing NOUN to PART say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 thing det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 7 thing amod 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 best punct 6 reasoned reasoned ADJ Degree=Pos 7 thing amod 7 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 8 to to PART _ 9 say mark 9 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 thing acl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best reasoned thing tree rules
2 say speech: assert to-infinitive the best reasoned thing not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Both sides have serious reasons; it is a real dispute
det nsubj amod obj punct nsubj cop det amod parataxis root Both DET sides NOUN have VERB serious ADJ reasons NOUN ; PUNCT it PRON is AUX a DET real ADJ dispute NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 2 sides det 2 sides side NOUN Number=Plur 3 have nsubj 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 reasons amod 5 reasons reason NOUN Number=Plur 3 have obj 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 3 have punct 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 dispute nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 dispute cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 dispute det 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 11 dispute amod 11 dispute dispute NOUN Number=Sing 3 have parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present both sides serious reasons vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
2 is a present it a real dispute tree rules
Option 2 It doesn't matter, so stop talking about it
nsubj aux advmod punct advmod conj xcomp case obl root It PRON does AUX n't PART matter VERB , PUNCT so ADV stop VERB talking VERB about ADP it PRON 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 4 matter nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 matter aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 matter advmod 4 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 stop punct 6 so so ADV _ 7 stop advmod 7 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 matter conj 8 talking talk VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 stop xcomp 9 about about ADP _ 10 it case 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 talking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not matter present · do-support It vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2 stop infinitive vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3 talk gerund about it vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
Option 3 The Anglican is right and the Baptist is wrong
det nsubj cop cc det nsubj cop conj root The DET Anglican NOUN is AUX right ADJ and CCONJ the DET Baptist PROPN is AUX wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Anglican det 2 Anglican anglican NOUN Number=Sing 4 right nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right cop 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 9 wrong cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Baptist det 7 Baptist Baptist PROPN Number=Sing 9 wrong nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 wrong cop 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 4 right conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the Anglican right property tree rules
2 is present the Baptist wrong property tree rules
Option 4 The Baptist is right and the Anglican is just wrong about it
det nsubj cop cc det nsubj cop advmod conj case obl root The DET Baptist NOUN is AUX right ADJ and CCONJ the DET Anglican PROPN is AUX just ADV wrong ADJ about ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Baptist det 2 Baptist baptist NOUN Number=Sing 4 right nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right cop 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 10 wrong cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Anglican det 7 Anglican Anglican PROPN Number=Sing 10 wrong nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 wrong cop 9 just just ADV _ 10 wrong advmod 10 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 4 right conj 11 about about ADP _ 12 it case 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 wrong obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the Baptist right property tree rules
2 is present the Anglican about Baptist; wrong property tree rules
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