Test 12 · ★ · Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief

Which is the last of the Four Noble Truths?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 33 «Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 last	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 last	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 last	det
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 Truths	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Truths	det
7	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 Truths	nummod
8	Noble	Noble	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Truths	compound
9	Truths	truth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 last	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 last	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of the Four Noble Truths; last 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

Craving makes people happy for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Craving	craving	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Craving	people				happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent people=Product for ever=Asset

Option 2

God will remove suffering at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 remove	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 remove	aux
3	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	suffering	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 remove	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 remove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	future	God						tree rules
2	suffer	gerund	God not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Suffering will never end in this life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 end	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 end	advmod
4	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 life	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 life	det
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not end	future	Suffering			this life			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Eightfold Path leads to the end of suffering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Path	det
2	Eightfold	Eightfold	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Path	compound
3	Path	Path	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 leads	nsubj
4	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leads	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 suffering	case
9	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	the Eightfold Path				to the end of suffering		vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to end=Patient

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