Test 8 · The church year

shut up about pancakes, what are u actually giving up for lent

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, u · What happens: shut up, give up

This is test 8 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	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 shut	compound:prt
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 pancakes	case
4	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 shut	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 giving	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 giving	obj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 giving	aux
8	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 giving	nsubj
9	actually	actually	ADV	_	10 giving	advmod
10	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 shut	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 giving	compound:prt
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 lent	case
13	lent	lent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up	imperative	you not said here					about pancakes	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give up	present · progressive	u					for lent; actually property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

Lent is about self-control and making room for God and others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 control	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 control	cop
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 control	case
4	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 control	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 self	punct
6	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 making	cc
8	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 control	conj
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 God	case
11	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 making	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 others	cc
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 control	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lent					about self control and others	tree rules
2	make	gerund	Lent not said here	room				for God	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent room=Product for god=Beneficiary

Option 2

Lent is about bringing food to the harvest service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bringing	aux
3	about	about	SCONJ	_	4 bringing	mark
4	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 service	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 service	det
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 service	compound
9	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present · progressive	Lent	food		the harvest service			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme to service=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Lent is about eating as much as you can before Easter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 eating	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 eating	aux
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 eating	advmod
4	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eating	obj
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 can	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 can	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 much	advcl
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 Easter	case
11	Easter	Easter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · progressive	Lent	much			before Easter	about property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient

Option 4

Lent is about decorating the house for Christmas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 decorating	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decorating	aux
3	about	about	SCONJ	_	4 decorating	mark
4	decorating	decorate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decorating	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Christmas	case
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 decorating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decorate	present · progressive	Lent	the house				for Christmas	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Destination

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