Test 11 · The church year

The judge asks: "Why might a calendar teach faith better than one lesson?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge · What happens: ask

This is test 11 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 better	punct
6	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 better	advmod
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 better	aux
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 faith	det
9	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teach	compound
10	teach	teach	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 faith	compound
11	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 better	nsubj
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 asks	parataxis
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 lesson	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 lesson	nummod
15	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 better	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the judge						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Each season repeats the story and its lessons every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 season	det
2	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repeats	nsubj
3	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repeats	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lessons	cc
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lessons	nmod:poss
8	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 story	conj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 repeats	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	present	each season	the story and its lessons			year		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality

Option 2

Children only learn things that happen in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 learn	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 learn	advmod
3	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 learn	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 happen	nsubj
6	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 things	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present	Children	things					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	happen	present	things				winter		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Lessons are forbidden in church, so calendars replace them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 church	case
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 replace	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 replace	advmod
8	calendars	calendar	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 replace	nsubj
9	replace	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 replace	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive		Lessons		church			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	replace	present	calendars	Lessons = lesson					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme

Option 4

A calendar has pictures, which are always better than words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 calendar	det
2	calendar	calendar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 better	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 better	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 better	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 better	advmod
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 pictures	parataxis
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 words	case
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a calendar	pictures					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient
2	is	present	pictures					than words; always, good property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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