Test 4 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

«The Pope's the boss of all Christians,» says your brother. Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, you · What happens: say, put · To what, where: brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: «The Pope's the boss of all Christians,» says your brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 boss	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Pope	det
3	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 boss	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Pope	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boss	det
6	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Christians	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 Christians	det
9	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 boss	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 boss	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 brother	nmod:poss
14	brother	brother	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	your brother						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		brother			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Pope is just a very famous vicar in London who is on the telly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Pope	det
2	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 vicar	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 vicar	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	8 vicar	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 vicar	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 famous	advmod
7	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 vicar	amod
8	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 London	case
10	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 vicar	nmod
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 is	nsubj
12	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 vicar	acl:relcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 telly	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 telly	det
15	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 is	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Pope	a famous vicar		London			tree rules
2	be	present	a famous vicar			the telly			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on telly=Location

Option 2

Yes, every Christian must obey him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 obey	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 Christian	det
4	Christian	Christian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 obey	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 obey	aux
6	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 obey	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	must	every Christian	him = he					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He leads Catholics; other churches do not accept his authority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leads	nsubj
2	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Catholics	Catholic	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 leads	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 accept	punct
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 churches	amod
6	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 accept	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 accept	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 accept	advmod
9	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 leads	parataxis
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 authority	nmod:poss
11	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	He	Catholics					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catholic=Theme
2	not accept	present · do-support	other churches	his authority					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Theme

Option 4

No, the Pope leads the Orthodox only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 leads	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Pope	det
4	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 leads	nsubj
5	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Orthodox	det
7	Orthodox	orthodox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leads	obj
8	only	only	ADV	_	5 leads	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	the Pope	the Orthodox					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orthodox=Theme

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