Test 2 · ★ · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

Noah, who doesn't believe in God, asks: "Can I use these three ways too?" What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, best answer · What happens: not believe, ask, use, be · To what, where: three ways · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Noah, who doesn't believe in God, asks: "Can I use these three ways too?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 asks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 believe	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 believe	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 believe	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 believe	advmod
6	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Noah	parataxis
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 God	case
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 believe	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Noah	punct
10	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 asks	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 use	punct
13	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 use	aux
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 use	nsubj
15	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 asks	parataxis
16	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	18 ways	det
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 ways	nummod
18	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 use	obj
19	too	too	ADV	_	15 use	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 use	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not believe	present · do-support	Noah		in God	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	ask speech: ask	present	Noah			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	use in a quote	can	Noah	this three ways		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient

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 is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, they are ways of reasoning that people of any faith or none use

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 ways	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ways	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ways	cop
5	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 reasoning	case
7	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ways	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 use	nsubj
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 use	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 faith	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 faith	det
12	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 people	nmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 none	cc
14	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	12 faith	conj
15	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reasoning	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	ways				of reasoning	tree rules
2	use		reasoning						tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, they only work if you believe that God wrote every single one of the rules

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 work	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 work	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 work	advmod
5	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 believe	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 believe	nsubj
8	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 work	advcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 wrote	mark
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wrote	nsubj
11	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 believe	ccomp
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 one	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wrote	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 rules	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rules	det
17	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	work	present	they		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	believe a condition, not said to happen	present	you		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	write	past	God	every single one of the rules	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only the rules way, because the others need a church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 way	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 way	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 way	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 way	compound
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 need	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 need	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 others	det
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 need	nsubj
12	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 church	det
14	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the others	a church					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot church=Theme

Option 4

No, they are secret methods that only philosophers can use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 methods	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 methods	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 methods	cop
5	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 methods	amod
6	methods	method	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 use	obj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 philosophers	advmod
9	philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 use	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 use	aux
11	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 methods	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	secret methods					tree rules
2	use	can	philosophers	secret methods					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient

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