Test 11 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church
«priest, vicar, pastor, same thing lol» says a friend. Which answer is most accurate?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: priest, answer · What happens: say, be · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: «priest, vicar, pastor, same thing lol» says a friend.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 priest | punct |
| 2 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 vicar | punct |
| 4 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 priest | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pastor | punct |
| 6 | pastor | pastor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 priest | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 thing | punct |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thing | amod |
| 9 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 priest | conj |
| 10 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 9 thing | discourse |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 lol | punct |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 friend | det |
| 14 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | priest and vicar and pastor and same thing | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |
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: Which answer is most accurate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 accurate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 accurate | cop |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 accurate | advmod |
| 5 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 accurate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | accurate property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only Catholics have any church leaders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 have | advmod |
| 2 | Catholics | Catholic | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 leaders | det |
| 5 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaders | compound |
| 6 | leaders | leader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Catholics | any church leaders | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
All lead churches, but names differ by church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 churches | det |
| 2 | lead | lead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 churches | amod |
| 3 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 differ | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 differ | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 differ | cc |
| 6 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 differ | nsubj |
| 7 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 church | case |
| 9 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 differ | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | differ | present | all lead churches | by church | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They are three ranks of leader, and the pastor is the highest one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ranks | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ranks | cop |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 ranks | nummod |
| 4 | ranks | rank | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 leader | case |
| 6 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ranks | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 one | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pastor | det |
| 10 | pastor | pastor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 one | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 one | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ranks | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | three ranks and the highest one | of leader | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | present | the pastor | the highest one | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A pastor is a priest who looks after sheep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pastor | det |
| 2 | pastor | pastor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 priest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 priest | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 priest | det |
| 5 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 looks | nsubj |
| 7 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 priest | acl:relcl |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 sheep | case |
| 9 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a pastor | a priest | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | present | a priest | after sheep | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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