Test 6 · The church year

A friend with no religion asks: "what's the point of Easter eggs, just chocolate innit?"

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: point · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 religion	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 religion	det
5	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friend	nmod
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 point	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 point	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 point	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 point	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 point	det
12	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	ccomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 eggs	case
14	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 eggs	compound
15	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 point	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
17	just	just	ADV	_	19 innit	advmod
18	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 innit	compound
19	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 point	appos
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a friend with no religion						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		the point				of Easter eggs	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.

The options

Option 1

Eggs show how rich the church was in the past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 show	nsubj
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 rich	advmod
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 church	amod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 past	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 past	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 past	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 past	det
10	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Eggs						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the rich church			the past			tree rules

Option 2

Eggs stand for the rich food eaten before Lent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stand	nsubj
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 food	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl
7	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 food	acl
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 Lent	case
9	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 eaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	Eggs					for the rich food	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for food=Attribute
2	eat	participle		the rich food not said here			before Lent		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Eggs remind people of the wise men's gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remind	nsubj
2	remind	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remind	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 gifts	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 men	det
6	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 men	amod
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gifts	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 men	case
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	present	Eggs		people of the wise men's gifts				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	gift		the wise men						nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Eggs are a sign of new life, like Jesus rising

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sign	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 life	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Jesus	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 Jesus	case
10	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 rising	nsubj
11	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 sign	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Eggs	a sign				of new life	tree rules
2	rise	gerund	Jesus	a sign not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sign=Theme

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