Test 8 · ★★ · Baptism, communion and confirmation Your godmother hasn't spoken to you about faith in years. Your brother says «she's useless, sack her». What fits the role best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, godmother · What happens: not speak, say, be, sack, fit · To what, where: godmother, you, role · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 godmother hasn't spoken to you about faith in years.
nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux advmod case obl case obl case nmod punct root Your PRON godmother NOUN has AUX n't PART spoken VERB to ADP you PRON about ADP faith NOUN in ADP years NOUN . 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 2 godmother nmod:poss 2 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing 5 spoken nsubj:pass 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 spoken aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 spoken advmod 5 spoken speak VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to ADP _ 7 you case 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 spoken obl 8 about about ADP _ 9 faith case 9 faith faith NOUN Number=Sing 5 spoken obl 10 in in ADP _ 11 years case 11 years year NOUN Number=Plur 9 faith nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 spoken punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not speak speech: other present · perfect · passive Your godmother you about faith in years 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.
Sentence 2: Your brother says «she's useless, sack her».
nmod:poss nsubj punct nsubj cop ccomp punct parataxis obj punct punct root Your PRON brother NOUN says VERB « PUNCT she PRON 's AUX useless ADJ , PUNCT sack VERB her PRON » 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 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 7 useless punct 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 useless nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 useless cop 7 useless useless ADJ Degree=Pos 3 says ccomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 sack punct 9 sack sack VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 useless parataxis 10 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 sack obj 11 » » PUNCT _ 7 useless punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present godmother useless property tree rules 3 sack in a quote infinitive godmother vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
Sentence 3: What fits the role best?
nsubj det obj nmod punct root What PRON fits VERB the DET role NOUN best ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 fits nsubj 2 fits fit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 role det 4 role role NOUN Number=Sing 2 fits obj 5 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 4 role nmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 fits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fit present the role best vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent role=Patient
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Talk to her; godparents are meant to help a child grow in faith
case obl punct nsubj:pass aux:pass advcl mark xcomp det obj xcomp case obl root Talk VERB to ADP her PRON ; PUNCT godparents NOUN are AUX meant VERB to PART help VERB a DET child NOUN grow VERB in ADP faith NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Talk talk VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to ADP _ 3 her case 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Talk obl 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 meant punct 5 godparents godparent NOUN Number=Plur 7 meant nsubj:pass 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 meant aux:pass 7 meant mean VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Talk advcl 8 to to PART _ 9 help mark 9 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 meant xcomp 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 child det 11 child child NOUN Number=Sing 9 help obj 12 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 help xcomp 13 in in ADP _ 14 faith case 14 faith faith NOUN Number=Sing 12 grow obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk imperative you not said here her = she vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent 2 mean present · passive godparents tree rules 3 help not said to happen to-infinitive a child vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme 4 grow not said to happen infinitive a child not said here faith vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in faith=Location
Option 2 Yes, godparents can be fired like workers if they don't do their job
The tree, 14 words discourse punct nsubj:pass aux aux:pass case obl mark nsubj aux advmod advcl nmod:poss obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT godparents NOUN can AUX be AUX fired VERB like ADP workers NOUN if SCONJ they PRON do AUX n't PART do VERB their PRON job NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 fired discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 godparents godparent NOUN Number=Plur 6 fired nsubj:pass 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 fired aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 fired aux:pass 6 fired fire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 like like ADP _ 8 workers case 8 workers worker NOUN Number=Plur 6 fired obl 9 if if SCONJ _ 13 do mark 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 do nsubj 11 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 do aux 12 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 13 do advmod 13 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 fired advcl 14 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 job nmod:poss 15 job job NOUN Number=Sing 13 do obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fire can · passive godparents like workers vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 not do a condition, not said to happen present · do-support godparents = godparent godparents's job vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality 3 job godparents = godparent nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Godparents only have to send birthday cards
nsubj advmod mark xcomp compound obj root Godparents NOUN only ADV have VERB to PART send VERB birthday NOUN cards NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Godparents godparent NOUN Number=Plur 3 have nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 have advmod 3 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 send mark 5 send send VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 have xcomp 6 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 7 cards compound 7 cards card NOUN Number=Plur 5 send obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Godparents tree rules 2 send to-infinitive Godparents not said here birthday cards vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme
Option 4 Godparents stop mattering after the baptism
nsubj xcomp case det obl root Godparents NOUN stop VERB mattering VERB after ADP the DET baptism NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Godparents godparent NOUN Number=Plur 2 stop nsubj 2 stop stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 mattering matter VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 stop xcomp 4 after after ADP _ 6 baptism case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 baptism det 6 baptism baptism NOUN Number=Sing 3 mattering obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop present Godparents vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 matter gerund Godparents not said here after the baptism vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
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