Test 11 · ★★ · Sharing and fairness

A Muslim friend says, "We give zakat every year, part of our savings to the poor." What is the best response?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Muslim friend, We, our, best response · What happens: say, give, save, be · To what, where: zakat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» 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 Muslim friend says, "We give zakat every year, part of our savings to the poor."

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	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct
7	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 give	nsubj
8	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	zakat	zakat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obl:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 part	punct
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	advcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 savings	case
15	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 savings	nmod:poss
16	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 part	nmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 poor	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 poor	det
19	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 part	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Muslim friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	present	We	zakat	year	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zakat=Theme
3	save in a quote		our			nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=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 is the best response?

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 response	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 response	amod
5	response	response	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 response						tree rules

The options

Option 1

That's a secret tax, so it doesn't count as sharing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 tax	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tax	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tax	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tax	amod
5	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 count	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 count	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 count	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 count	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 count	advmod
11	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tax	parataxis
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 sharing	case
13	sharing	sharing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a secret tax					tree rules
2	not count	present · do-support	tax					as sharing	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as sharing=Attribute

Option 2

That's a waste, because the poor will never use money well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 waste	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waste	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 waste	det
4	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 use	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 use	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 poor	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 use	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 use	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 use	advmod
11	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waste	parataxis
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 use	obj
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a waste					tree rules
2	not use	future	the poor	money				well property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

Option 3

That's not real charity, only Christians give properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 charity	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 charity	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 charity	advmod
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 charity	amod
5	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 give	punct
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 give	advmod
8	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 give	nsubj
9	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 charity	acl:relcl
10	properly	properly	ADV	_	9 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	That	real charity					tree rules
2	give	present	Christians	real charity not said here				properly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charity=Theme

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

That's like Christian giving to charity; many faiths teach sharing with the poor

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 Christian	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Christian	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 Christian	case
4	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 Christian	advcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 charity	case
7	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 giving	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 teach	punct
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 faiths	amod
10	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 teach	nsubj
11	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Christian	conj
12	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 teach	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 poor	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 poor	det
15	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sharing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	That		christian property	tree rules
2	give	gerund	That not said here	charity		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to charity=Recipient
3	teach speech: other	present	many faiths			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	share	gerund	many faiths not said here		with the poor	tree rules

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