Test 7 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

An olympiad judge asks: «What reasons might each side give on women as priests?» Best-reasoned answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: olympiad judge, reasons · What happens: ask, give on, reason · To what, where: women, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: An olympiad judge asks: «What reasons might each side give on women as priests?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 judge	det
2	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 judge	compound
3	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	nsubj
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 give	punct
7	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	8 reasons	det
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 give	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 side	aux
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 side	det
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reasons	nmod
12	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asks	advcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 give	compound:prt
14	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 give	iobj
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 priests	case
16	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 give	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a olympiad judge						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give on in a quote	present	what reasons each side		women			as priests	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme

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: Best-reasoned answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 reasoned	advmod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Best	punct
3	reasoned	reason	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reasoned	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reasoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reason	participle		answer					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

One side follows Jesus' choice of male apostles; the other stresses that all are equal in Christ

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 side	nummod
2	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 choice	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 Jesus	case
6	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 apostles	case
8	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 apostles	amod
9	apostles	apostle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 choice	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 stresses	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stresses	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stresses	amod
13	stresses	stress	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 follows	obl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 equal	nsubj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 equal	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 equal	cop
17	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stresses	acl:relcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 Christ	case
19	Christ	Christ	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 equal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	One side	Jesus's choice of male apostles				the other stresses obl	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Theme
2	is	present	the other stresses			Christ		equal property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody gives any reasons, it is just habit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 reasons	det
4	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gives	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 habit	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 habit	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 habit	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 habit	advmod
9	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Nobody	any reasons					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is a	present	it	habit					tree rules

Option 3

One side is clever and the other side is stupid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 side	nummod
2	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clever	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clever	cop
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stupid	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stupid	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stupid	cop
10	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clever	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One side					clever property	tree rules
2	is	present	the other side					stupid property	tree rules

Option 4

Both sides agree; there is no real debate

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 agree	nsubj
3	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 is	punct
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 is	expl
6	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 agree	advcl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 debate	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 debate	amod
9	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 is	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	both sides						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be	present	no real debate			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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