Test 10 · ★★ · Churches of the English-speaking world II

why'd the Salvation Army wear army stuff, they're not soldiers

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Salvation Army, they · What happens: wear, not be · To what, where: army stuff, soldiers

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Churches of the English-speaking world II» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 wear	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 wear	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Army	det
4	Salvation	Salvation	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Army	compound
5	Army	Army	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wear	nsubj
6	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 soldiers	advcl
7	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuff	compound
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wear	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wear	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 soldiers	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 soldiers	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 soldiers	advmod
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	the Salvation Army	army stuff					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent stuff=Source
2	not is a	present	they	soldiers					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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They saw themselves as an army fighting poverty and sin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 saw	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 army	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 army	det
6	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
7	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 army	acl
8	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fighting	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sin	cc
10	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 poverty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	They	themselves = they				as a army	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus as army=Attribute
2	fight	gerund	a army not said here	poverty and sin					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poverty=Co-Agent

Option 2

The King ordered all churches to wear them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	nsubj
3	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 churches	det
5	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordered	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wear	mark
7	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ordered	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	the King	all churches					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent church=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wear not said to happen	to-infinitive	all churches not said here	churches = church					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source

Option 3

They were really part of the British Army and fought in its wars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 part	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 part	cop
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 part	advmod
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 Army	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Army	det
7	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Army	amod
8	Army	Army	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 part	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fought	cc
10	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 part	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wars	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wars	nmod:poss
13	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	part		of the British Army	tree rules
2	fight	past	They not said here		Army's wars		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	war		Army				nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Uniforms were cheaper than ordinary clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uniforms	uniform	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cheaper	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cheaper	cop
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	6 clothes	case
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clothes	amod
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 cheaper	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Uniforms					than ordinary clothes; cheap property	tree rules

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