Test 7 · Islam
Sam says the Qur'an is just a book about Muhammad's life. Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, Qur'an · What happens: say, be · To what, where: book · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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
Sentence 1: Sam says the Qur'an is just a book about Muhammad's life.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Qur'an | det |
| 4 | Qur'an | Qur'an | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 book | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 book | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 book | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 life | case |
| 10 | Muhammad | Muhammad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 life | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Muhammad | case |
| 12 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 book | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Sam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the Qur'an | a book | about Muhammad's life | 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.
Sentence 2: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sam | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, it is a book of Arabic poems only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 book | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 book | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 book | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 book | det |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 poems | case |
| 8 | Arabic | Arabic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 poems | compound |
| 9 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 book | nmod |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 poems | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a book | of Arabic poems | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it was written by his friends for fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 written | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 written | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 written | aux:pass |
| 5 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 written | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 fun | case |
| 10 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 friends | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · passive | his friends for fun | it | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, it is his diary written by himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 diary | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 diary | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 diary | cop |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 diary | nmod:poss |
| 6 | diary | diary | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 diary | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 himself | case |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | his diary | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | write | participle | his diary not said here | by himself = he | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, Muslims believe it is God's own word to Muhammad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 believe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
| 3 | Muslims | Muslim | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 word | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 word | cop |
| 7 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 word | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 God | case |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 word | amod |
| 10 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believe | ccomp |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Muhammad | case |
| 12 | Muhammad | Muhammad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Muslims | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | God's own word | Muhammad | tree rules |
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