Test 10 · Islam

why do they all pray facing one way in the mosque?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: face · To what, where: one way

This is test 10 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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 facing	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 facing	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 facing	nsubj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 facing	advmod
5	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 facing	aux
6	facing	face	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 way	nummod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 facing	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 mosque	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mosque	det
11	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 facing	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 facing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present · do-support	they	one way				in the mosque	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Destination in mosque=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.

The options

Option 1

They face the imam's house, which is next to the mosque

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 face	nsubj
2	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 imam	det
4	imam	imam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 house	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 imam	case
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 face	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 next	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 next	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 next	cop
10	next	next	ADV	_	6 house	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 mosque	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mosque	det
13	mosque	mosque	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 next	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present	They	the imam's house					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination
2	is	present	the imam's house					to the mosque; next property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They face Mecca, the holy city of Islam

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 face	nsubj
2	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mecca	Mecca	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 face	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 city	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 city	det
6	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Mecca	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Islam	case
9	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present	They		Mecca				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mecca=Destination

Option 3

They face the sunrise every time, wherever they are

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 face	nsubj
2	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sunrise	det
4	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 face	obj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 face	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wherever	punct
8	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	2 face	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 are	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wherever	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present	They				sunrise; time		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						wherever property	tree rules

Option 4

They face the biggest window to see the sky

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 face	nsubj
2	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
4	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 window	amod
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 face	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 face	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sky	det
9	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present	They	the biggest window					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme window=Destination
2	see	to-infinitive	They not said here	the sky					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sky=Stimulus

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