Test 4 · ★★ · Churches of the English-speaking world II
A classmate who is Hindu asks: "if Christians agree, why so many churches?" Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmate, Christians · What happens: be, ask, agree · To what, where: Hindu · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A classmate who is Hindu asks: "if Christians agree, why so many churches?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 classmate | det |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 Hindu | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Hindu | cop |
| 5 | Hindu | Hindu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 classmate | nmod |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 agree | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 agree | punct |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 agree | mark |
| 10 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 agree | nsubj |
| 11 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asks | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 why | punct |
| 13 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 agree | ccomp |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 many | advmod |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 churches | amod |
| 16 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 why | nsubj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 asks | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a classmate | Hindu | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | a classmate | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Christians | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Each church worships a different God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 worships | det |
| 2 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 worships | compound |
| 3 | worships | worship | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 God | det |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 God | amod |
| 6 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 worships | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
They only split because of money
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 | 3 split | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 split | advmod |
| 3 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 6 money | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 because | fixed |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 split | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | past | They | because money | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They share core beliefs but differ in traditions and leaders
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 share | nsubj |
| 2 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | core | core | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beliefs | compound |
| 4 | beliefs | belief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 share | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 differ | cc |
| 6 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 share | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 traditions | case |
| 8 | traditions | tradition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 differ | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 leaders | cc |
| 10 | leaders | leader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 traditions | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | They | core beliefs | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | differ | present | They not said here | traditions and leaders | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They disagree about whether God exists
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 disagree | nsubj |
| 2 | disagree | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 exists | mark |
| 4 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 6 exists | mark |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 exists | nsubj |
| 6 | exists | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 disagree | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disagree | present | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | exist | present | God | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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