Test 9 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church
Your mate says, «Church is just the vicar on Sunday, the rest is nothing.» What's a better view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Church, rest, better view · What happens: say, be · To what, where: vicar, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Your mate says, «Church is just the vicar on Sunday, the rest is nothing.»
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 vicar | punct |
| 6 | Church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 vicar | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 vicar | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 vicar | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 vicar | det |
| 10 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 Sunday | case |
| 12 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 vicar | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 nothing | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 rest | det |
| 15 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 nothing | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 nothing | cop |
| 17 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 vicar | appos |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 nothing | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 vicar | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Church | the vicar | sunday | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the rest | nothing | 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: What's a better view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a better view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He is right, only the vicar does anything
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 does | punct |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 vicar | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 vicar | det |
| 7 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 does | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 does | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | present | the vicar | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 2
The bishop does all of the work in every single church himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bishop | det |
| 2 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 does | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 work | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 work | det |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 all | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 church | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 church | det |
| 10 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 church | amod |
| 11 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obl |
| 12 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 11 church | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the bishop | all | every single church bishop | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality |
Option 3
Churches run themselves without any people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 run | nsubj |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 run | obj |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 people | det |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | Churches | Churches = church | without any people | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme themselves=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Many people serve: wardens, elders, deacons, volunteers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 serve | nsubj |
| 3 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 wardens | punct |
| 5 | wardens | warden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 serve | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 elders | punct |
| 7 | elders | elder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wardens | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 deacons | punct |
| 9 | deacons | deacon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wardens | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 volunteers | punct |
| 11 | volunteers | volunteer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wardens | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | present | Many people | wardens and elders and deacons and volunteers | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warden=Attribute |
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