Test 6 · ★ · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness
A Hindu friend asks: "Do Christians think only Christians should be kind?" Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hindu friend, Christians · What happens: ask, think, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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: A Hindu friend asks: "Do Christians think only Christians should be kind?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 2 | Hindu | hindu | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 friend | amod |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
| 7 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 think | aux |
| 8 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 think | nsubj |
| 9 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 kind | advmod |
| 11 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 14 kind | nsubj |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 kind | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 kind | cop |
| 14 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 think | ccomp |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a Hindu friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Christians | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | should | Christians | kind 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.
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 told not to be kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 told | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | aux:pass |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 kind | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 kind | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 kind | cop |
| 9 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 told | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | Christians | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | not is not said to happen | to-infinitive | Christians not said here | kind property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, kindness belongs to Christians only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 belongs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 belongs | nsubj |
| 4 | belongs | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Christians | case |
| 6 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 belongs | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 belongs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | kindness | Christians | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, other people cannot really be kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 kind | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 kind | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 kind | advmod |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 kind | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 kind | cop |
| 9 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | can | other people | kind property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, Christians believe everyone should be kind, and many faiths teach it
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 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 kind | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 kind | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 kind | cop |
| 8 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 believe | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 teach | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 teach | cc |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 faiths | amod |
| 12 | faiths | faith | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 teach | nsubj |
| 13 | teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 teach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Christians | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | should | everyone | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | teach speech: other | present | many faiths | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
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