Test 10 · Hinduism and Sikhism
judge asks: "Is Christian service like Sikh seva?" Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: Christian service · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 32 «Hinduism and Sikhism» 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: judge asks: "Is Christian service like Sikh seva?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 service | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 service | punct |
| 5 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 service | cop |
| 6 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 service | amod |
| 7 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 seva | case |
| 9 | Sikh | sikh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 seva | amod |
| 10 | seva | seva | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 service | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Christian service | like Sikh seva | 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: 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
No, Christians are never asked to serve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 asked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 asked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asked | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 asked | advmod |
| 6 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 serve | mark |
| 8 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 asked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | present · passive | Christians | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | serve not said to happen | to-infinitive | Christians not said here | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, they are exactly the same belief with different names
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 belief | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 belief | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 belief | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 belief | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 belief | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 belief | amod |
| 8 | belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 names | case |
| 10 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 names | amod |
| 11 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 belief | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | the same belief | with different names; exactly property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, seva means praying, not helping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | seva | seva | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | praying | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 helping | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 helping | advmod |
| 8 | helping | help | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 praying | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | seva | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | pray not said to happen | gerund | seva not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | not help | gerund | seva not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Both serve others selflessly, from different beliefs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 serve | nsubj |
| 2 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 serve | obj |
| 4 | selflessly | selflessly | ADV | _ | 2 serve | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 beliefs | punct |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 beliefs | case |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 beliefs | amod |
| 8 | beliefs | belief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 serve | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | present | Both | others | selflessly property | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Attribute |
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