Test 10 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

A judge follows up: «What could a child do to help their church?»

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge, child · What happens: follow up, do, help · To what, where: church · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 follows	compound:prt
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 follows	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct
7	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 do	obj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 do	aux
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 do	nsubj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 follows	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 do	advcl
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 church	nmod:poss
15	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 help	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow up	present	a judge		tree rules
2	do in a quote	could	a child		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	help in a quote	to-infinitive	a child not said here	their church	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Beneficiary

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.

The options

Option 1

Only put money in the collection plate, and nothing else at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 put	advmod
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 plate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plate	det
6	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plate	compound
7	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nothing	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 nothing	cc
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 put	obl
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 nothing	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	money		the collection plate		nothing obl	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent money=Theme in plate=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Help with tidying, reading, welcoming or caring for others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 tidying	case
3	tidying	tidying	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Help	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 reading	punct
5	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Help	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 welcoming	punct
7	welcoming	welcoming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reading	conj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 caring	cc
9	caring	care	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Help	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 others	case
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 caring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	gerund						for others	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for other=Theme

Option 3

Nothing, children are not allowed to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 help	mark
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Nothing					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	Nothing not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell adults what they are doing wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	obj
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 doing	obj
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 doing	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	aux
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Tell	ccomp
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		adults				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do	present · progressive	adults = adult						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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