Test 11 · ★ · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character
Holly says Christians only use rules thinking because of the Ten Commandments. What's more accurate?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Holly, Christians, rules · What happens: say, use, think, be · To what, where: rules · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 37 «Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character» 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: Holly says Christians only use rules thinking because of the Ten Commandments.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly | Holly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 use | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 use | advmod |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 use | obj |
| 7 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 rules | acl |
| 8 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 12 Commandments | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 because | fixed |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Commandments | det |
| 11 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 Commandments | nummod |
| 12 | Commandments | commandment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 use | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Holly | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | use | present | Christians | rules | because the Ten Commandments | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | |||
| 3 | think speech: other | gerund | rules not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What's more accurate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 accurate | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 accurate | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 accurate | advmod |
| 4 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 accurate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | accurate property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Christians are not allowed to think about results at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 think | mark |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 results | case |
| 8 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 think | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 think | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Christians | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | Christians not said here | all | about results | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about result=Topic |
Option 2
Christians never use any of these three ways of thinking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | christian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 use | advmod |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 use | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ways | case |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 ways | det |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 ways | nummod |
| 8 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 any | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 thinking | case |
| 10 | thinking | thinking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ways | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not use | present | Christians | any | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Christians use rules, care for others' good, and growing like Christ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 use | nsubj |
| 2 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 use | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 care | punct |
| 5 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rules | appos |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 good | case |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 good | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 others | case |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 care | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 growing | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 growing | cc |
| 12 | growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 use | advcl |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 Christ | case |
| 14 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 growing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Christians | rules | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | ||||
| 2 | grow | gerund | Christians not said here | like Christ | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Christians only care about character and never about rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 care | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 care | advmod |
| 3 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 character | case |
| 5 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 care | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 rules | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 rules | advmod |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 rules | case |
| 9 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 care | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | Christians | about character | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about character=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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