Test 11 · Churches of the English-speaking world I

The judge asks: "Why do you think the word catholic was chosen?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, you · What happens: ask, think, choose · To what, where: word catholic · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 28 «Churches of the English-speaking world I» 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	_	9 think	punct
6	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 think	advmod
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 think	aux
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 think	nsubj
9	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asks	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 catholic	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 catholic	compound
12	catholic	catholic	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chosen	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 chosen	aux:pass
14	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 think	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 think	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the judge		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other in a quote	present · do-support	you		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	choose in a quote	past · passive		the word catholic	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

It means old, because it is the first church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 church	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 church	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 church	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 church	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 church	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 church	amod
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It					old property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	the first church					tree rules

Option 2

It means holy, because the Pope is holy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 holy	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 holy	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Pope	det
7	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 holy	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 holy	cop
9	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It					holy property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the Pope					holy property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It means universal, a church for everyone everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	universal	universal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 church	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 church	nmod
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 everyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	universal				a church for everyone obl	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent universal=Topic

Option 4

It means Roman, because it is in Rome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Rome	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 Rome	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 Rome	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 Rome	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Rome	case
9	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It					roman property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it			Rome			tree rules

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