Test 7 · Churches of the English-speaking world I
A friend asks why her Methodist church sings so many hymns. Best reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Methodist church · What happens: ask, sing · To what, where: many hymns · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: A friend asks why her Methodist church sings so many hymns.
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 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 sings | advmod |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 church | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Methodist | Methodist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 church | compound |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sings | nsubj |
| 8 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 many | advmod |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hymns | amod |
| 11 | hymns | hymn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sings | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | present | friend's Methodist church | many hymns | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=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.
Sentence 2: Best reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 reason | amod |
| 2 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reason | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Charles Wesley wrote thousands of hymns for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | Wesley | Wesley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Charles | flat |
| 3 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wrote | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hymns | case |
| 6 | hymns | hymn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 thousands | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wrote | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | Charles | thousands of hymns | for it | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thousand=Result for it=Beneficiary |
Option 2
The Pope ordered them to sing in 1054
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Pope | det |
| 2 | Pope | Pope | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ordered | nsubj |
| 3 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ordered | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 sing | mark |
| 6 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ordered | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1054 | case |
| 8 | 1054 | 1054 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 sing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | the Pope | them = they | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Pope not said here | 1054 | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1054=Location |
Option 3
Hymns replace the Bible in Methodist churches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hymns | hymn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 replace | nsubj |
| 2 | replace | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Bible | det |
| 4 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 replace | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 churches | case |
| 6 | Methodist | Methodist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 churches | compound |
| 7 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 replace | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replace | present | Hymns | the Bible | Methodist churches | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bible=Co-Theme |
Option 4
Methodists are not allowed to pray aloud, so they sing instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Methodists | methodist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pray | mark |
| 6 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 6 pray | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sing | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 sing | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sing | nsubj |
| 11 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | conj |
| 12 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 11 sing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Methodists | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | pray not said to happen | to-infinitive | Methodists not said here | aloud property | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express | present | Methodists = methodist | instead property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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