Test 9 · ★ · Sunday school, youth groups and charity A friend says, "Why plan your giving? Just give when you feel like it." What does tithing teach?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, your, you · What happens: say, plan, give, feel, tithe, teach · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: A friend says, "Why plan your giving?
det nsubj punct punct advmod ccomp nsubj xcomp punct root A DET friend NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Why ADV plan VERB your PRON giving VERB ? PUNCT 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 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 plan punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 7 plan punct 6 Why why ADV PronType=Int 7 plan advmod 7 plan plan VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 giving nsubj 9 giving give VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 plan xcomp 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present a friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 plan in a quote infinitive vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 give not said to happen, in a quote gerund your vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
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: Just give when you feel like it."
advmod advmod nsubj advcl case obl punct punct root Just ADV give VERB when ADV you PRON feel VERB like ADP it PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Just just ADV _ 2 give advmod 2 give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 when when ADV PronType=Int 5 feel advmod 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 feel nsubj 5 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 give advcl 6 like like ADP _ 7 it case 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 feel obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 give punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 2 give punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give imperative you not said here vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 feel present you like it vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like it=Theme
Sentence 3: What does tithing teach?
nsubj aux xcomp punct root What PRON does AUX tithing VERB teach VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 tithing nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 tithing aux 3 tithing tithe VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 teach teach VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 tithing xcomp 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 tithing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tithe present · do-support tree rules 2 teach speech: other infinitive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice That giving is only for grown-ups who earn their own money
nsubj amod cop advmod case amod punct nsubj acl:relcl nmod:poss amod obj root That PRON giving VERB is AUX only ADV for ADP grown VERB - PUNCT ups NOUN who PRON earn VERB their PRON own ADJ money NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 ups nsubj 2 giving give VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 ups amod 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 ups cop 4 only only ADV _ 8 ups advmod 5 for for ADP _ 8 ups case 6 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 ups amod 7 - - PUNCT _ 6 grown punct 8 ups up NOUN Number=Plur root root 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 earn nsubj 10 earn earn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 ups acl:relcl 11 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 money nmod:poss 12 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 13 money amod 13 money money NOUN Number=Sing 10 earn obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give gerund vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 grow participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 is present That for giving grown ups tree rules 4 earn present giving grown ups ups's own money vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer That giving can be planned, not only occasional
nsubj:pass nsubj:pass aux aux:pass punct advmod advmod conj root That PRON giving VERB can AUX be AUX planned VERB , PUNCT not PART only ADV occasional ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 planned nsubj:pass 2 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 planned nsubj:pass 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 planned aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 planned aux:pass 5 planned plan VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 occasional punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 occasional advmod 8 only only ADV _ 9 occasional advmod 9 occasional occasional ADJ Degree=Pos 5 planned conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give gerund vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 plan can · passive That vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
Option 3 That feelings are the only good reason to give anything
det nsubj cop det amod amod mark acl obj root That DET feelings NOUN are AUX the DET only ADJ good ADJ reason NOUN to PART give VERB anything PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 feelings det 2 feelings feeling NOUN Number=Plur 7 reason nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 reason cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 reason det 5 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 7 reason amod 6 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 7 reason amod 7 reason reason NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 to to PART _ 9 give mark 9 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 reason acl 10 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 give obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present that feelings the only good reason tree rules 2 give to-infinitive anything vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme
Option 4 That planned gifts never really reach the people who need them
nsubj obj advmod advmod advcl det obj nsubj acl:relcl obj root That PRON planned VERB gifts NOUN never ADV really ADV reach VERB the DET people NOUN who PRON need VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 planned nsubj 2 planned plan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 gifts gift NOUN Number=Plur 2 planned obj 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 reach advmod 5 really really ADV _ 6 reach advmod 6 reach reach VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 planned advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 people det 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 reach obj 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 need nsubj 10 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 people acl:relcl 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 need obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 plan past That gifts vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Topic 2 not reach infinitive That not said here the people vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent people=Theme 3 need present the people people vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
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