Test 2 · ★ · Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief
lol Buddhists just sit doing nothing all day. Is that a fair description?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Buddhists · What happens: sit, do, be · To what, where: nothing, fair description
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: lol Buddhists just sit doing nothing all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 Buddhists | discourse |
| 2 | Buddhists | Buddhist | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 sit | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 sit | advmod |
| 4 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 sit | xcomp |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 doing | obj |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 doing | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | Buddhists | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | gerund | Buddhists not said here | nothing | day | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
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 that a fair description?
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 | 5 description | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 description | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 description | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 description | amod |
| 5 | description | description | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 description | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fair description | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, Buddhists never meditate at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 Buddhists | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Buddhists | buddhist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 meditate | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 meditate | advmod |
| 5 | meditate | meditate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 meditate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meditate | present | Buddhists | all | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, that is the whole of the Eightfold Path
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 whole | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 whole | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 whole | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 whole | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Path | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Path | det |
| 9 | Eightfold | Eightfold | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Path | compound |
| 10 | Path | Path | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 whole | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | of the Eightfold Path; whole property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, meditation trains the mind, and they also study and help others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 trains | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 trains | punct |
| 3 | meditation | meditation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trains | nsubj |
| 4 | trains | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mind | det |
| 6 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trains | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 study | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 study | cc |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 study | nsubj |
| 10 | also | also | ADV | _ | 11 study | advmod |
| 11 | study | study | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trains | parataxis |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 help | cc |
| 13 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 study | conj |
| 14 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present | meditation | the mind | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme | ||||
| 2 | study | present | they | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | help | present | they not said here | others | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Yes, Buddhism forbids any kind of work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 forbids | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Buddhism | Buddhism | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 forbids | nsubj |
| 4 | forbids | forbid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 kind | det |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forbids | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 work | case |
| 8 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forbid | present | Buddhism | any kind of work | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer kind=Theme |
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