Test 6 · Churches of the English-speaking world I

Jack says the Reformation was all the Catholics' fault, end of. What is a fairer answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack, Reformation · What happens: say, be · To what, where: fault, fairer answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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

Sentence 1: Jack says the Reformation was all the Catholics' fault, end of.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Reformation	det
4	Reformation	Reformation	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fault	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fault	cop
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 fault	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Catholics	det
8	Catholics	Catholic	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 fault	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 Catholics	case
10	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 end	punct
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fault	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 end	case
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Jack						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the Reformation	the Catholics's fault and end					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.

Sentence 2: What is a fairer answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 answer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a fairer answer					tree rules

The options

Option 1

It was all the Protestants' fault instead, because they were the ones who left

The tree, 15 words

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	7 fault	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fault	cop
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 fault	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Protestants	det
5	Protestants	Protestant	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 fault	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 Protestants	case
7	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	7 fault	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ones	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 ones	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ones	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 ones	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ones	det
14	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fault	conj
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 left	nsubj
16	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 ones	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the Protestants's fault and the ones	instead property	tree rules
2	is a	past	fault	the ones		tree rules
3	leave	past	the ones			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nobody did anything wrong at all, it was just a friendly change of rules

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 did	obj
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 anything	amod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 wrong	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 change	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 change	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 change	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	13 change	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 change	det
12	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 change	amod
13	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 rules	case
15	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 change	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Nobody	anything					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
2	is a	past	it	a friendly change				of rules	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both sides today admit faults, and it is still discussed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 sides	det
2	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 admit	nsubj
3	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 admit	obl:unmarked
4	admit	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 admit	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 discussed	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 discussed	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 discussed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 discussed	aux:pass
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 discussed	advmod
11	discussed	discuss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 admit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	both sides	faults			today		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Theme
2	discuss speech: other	present · passive		it			still		vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4

Jack is right, only one side did anything wrong, so that is the end of it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	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 did	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 did	advmod
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 side	nummod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 did	obj
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 anything	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 end	punct
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 end	mark
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 end	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 end	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 end	det
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Jack		right property	tree rules
2	do	past	one side	anything		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
3	is a	present	that	the end	of side	tree rules

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