Test 6 · ★ · Animals
Your friend says, "St Francis said animals don't matter, only people." How would you put it right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, St Francis, animals, you · What happens: say, not matter, put · To what, where: people, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» 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: Your friend says, "St Francis said animals don't matter, only people."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 6 | St | St | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Francis | compound |
| 7 | Francis | Francis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | parataxis |
| 9 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 matter | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 matter | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 matter | advmod |
| 12 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 people | punct |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 15 people | advmod |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 matter | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | St Francis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not matter in a quote | present · do-support | animals | people | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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: How would you put it right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | would | you | it | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
St Francis said animals must obey people in everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St | St | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Francis | compound |
| 2 | Francis | Francis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 obey | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 obey | aux |
| 6 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 obey | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 everything | case |
| 9 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 obey | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | St Francis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | obey | must | animals | people | everything | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
Option 2
St Francis said people should not talk about animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St | St | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Francis | compound |
| 2 | Francis | Francis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 talk | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 talk | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 talk | advmod |
| 7 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 animals | case |
| 9 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | St Francis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not talk | should | people | about animals | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about animal=Topic |
Option 3
St Francis said only birds matter, not other animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St | St | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Francis | compound |
| 2 | Francis | Francis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 birds | advmod |
| 5 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 matter | nsubj |
| 6 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 animals | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 animals | advmod |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 animals | amod |
| 10 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 said | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | St Francis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | matter | present | birds | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
St Francis called animals his brothers and sisters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St | St | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Francis | compound |
| 2 | Francis | Francis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 called | obj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 called | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sisters | cc |
| 8 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 brothers | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | St Francis | animals | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient |
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