Test 6 · ★ · Sunday school, youth groups and charity
Your big brother says: "volunteering's for mugs, why work for nothing?" What would a Christian say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big brother, Christian · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 27 «Sunday school, youth groups and charity» 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 big brother says: "volunteering's for mugs, why work for 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 | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 volunteering | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 volunteering | punct |
| 7 | volunteering | volunteering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 volunteering | case |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 mugs | case |
| 10 | mugs | mug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 volunteering | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 work | punct |
| 12 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 work | advmod |
| 13 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 volunteering | parataxis |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 nothing | case |
| 15 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 work | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 work | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your big brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 would a Christian say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Christian | det |
| 4 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | a Christian | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He is right, nobody should ever help anyone without being paid
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 help | punct |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 help | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 help | aux |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 help | advmod |
| 8 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 help | obj |
| 10 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 12 paid | mark |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 paid | aux:pass |
| 12 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 help | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | should | nobody | anyone | ever | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | pay | gerund · passive | nobody not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |
Option 2
Volunteering is only allowed on Sundays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volunteering | volunteering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 Sundays | case |
| 6 | Sundays | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Volunteering | sunday | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Volunteering only counts if you are an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volunteering | volunteer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 counts | advmod |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 adult | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 adult | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 adult | cop |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | volunteer | gerund | vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | count | present | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | you | a adult | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Time given freely can be a gift as precious as money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gift | nsubj |
| 2 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Time | acl |
| 3 | freely | freely | ADV | _ | 2 given | advmod |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 gift | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 gift | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 gift | det |
| 7 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 precious | advmod |
| 9 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gift | amod |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 money | case |
| 11 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 precious | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | Time not said here | freely property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | can | Time | a gift | tree rules |
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