Test 4 · Noah and the Tower of Babel
lol a rainbow is just light in raindrops, so the Bible's wrong. what can a Christian say
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rainbow, Bible · What happens: be · To what, where: raindrops
This is test 4 of lesson 3 «Noah and the Tower of Babel» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 light | discourse |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 rainbow | det |
| 3 | rainbow | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 light | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 light | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 light | advmod |
| 6 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 can | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 raindrops | case |
| 8 | raindrops | raindrop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 light | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wrong | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 wrong | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Bible | det |
| 12 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 wrong | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 wrong | cop |
| 14 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 light | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 light | punct |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 can | obj |
| 17 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 say | det |
| 19 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 say | amod |
| 20 | say | say | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 can | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a rainbow | raindrops | light property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | the Bible | wrong property | 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
Rainbows only happened once, after the flood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rainbows | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 happened | advmod |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 happened | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 flood | punct |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 flood | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 flood | det |
| 8 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happened | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | Rainbows | once property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Christians must say science is wrong about rainbows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wrong | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wrong | cop |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 say | ccomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 rainbows | case |
| 8 | rainbows | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wrong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | must | Christians | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | science | about rainbows; wrong property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Science explains how a rainbow forms; for Christians it is also a sign of God's promise
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 explains | nsubj |
| 2 | explains | explain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 forms | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rainbow | det |
| 5 | rainbow | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 forms | nsubj |
| 6 | forms | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 explains | ccomp |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 Christians | punct |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 Christians | case |
| 9 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 explains | obl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sign | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sign | cop |
| 12 | also | also | ADV | _ | 14 sign | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 sign | det |
| 14 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Christians | acl:relcl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 promise | case |
| 16 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 promise | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 God | case |
| 18 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sign | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | present | Science | for Christians | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | form | present | a rainbow | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | rainbow | a sign | of God's promise | tree rules | |||
| 4 | promise | God | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Christians agree the Bible is wrong about everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 agree | nsubj |
| 2 | agree | agree | 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 | 6 wrong | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wrong | cop |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 agree | ccomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 everything | case |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 wrong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | Christians | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the Bible | about everything; wrong property | tree rules |
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