Test 4 · ★ · The environment

A classmate who is not religious asks, "Why should I care about the planet if I don't believe God made it?" What is a good answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, God · What happens: not be, ask, care, not believe, make, be · To what, where: classmate, good answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 47 «The environment» 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 classmate who is not religious asks, "Why should I care about the planet if I don't believe God made it?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 religious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 religious	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 religious	advmod
6	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 classmate	acl:relcl
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 care	punct
10	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 care	advmod
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 care	aux
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 care	nsubj
13	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asks	ccomp
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 planet	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 planet	det
16	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 care	obl
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	21 believe	mark
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 believe	nsubj
19	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 believe	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 believe	advmod
21	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 care	advcl
22	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 made	nsubj
23	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 believe	ccomp
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 made	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 care	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a classmate		religious property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	a classmate			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	care in a quote	should	a classmate = classmate		about the planet	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about planet=Stimulus
4	not believe a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present · do-support	a classmate = classmate			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	make in a quote	past	God	classmate		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

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 a good answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Because God will punish you if you don't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 punish	mark
2	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 punish	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 punish	aux
4	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 punish	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 do	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punish	advcl
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	future	God	you					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
2	not do a condition, not said to happen	present	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

You shouldn't, because the planet is only meant for believers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 should	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 should	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 meant	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 meant	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 planet	det
7	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meant	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 meant	aux:pass
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 meant	advmod
10	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 should	acl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 believers	case
12	believers	believer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · passive		the planet				for believers	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for believer=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is the only home for all of us and for people after us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 home	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 home	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 home	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 home	amod
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 home	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 us	case
9	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 all	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 people	cc
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 people	case
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 us	conj
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 us	case
14	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 home	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the only home			after us	for all	tree rules

Option 4

You can't care unless you are a Christian

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 care	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 care	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 care	advmod
4	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	9 Christian	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 Christian	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 Christian	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Christian	det
9	Christian	Christian	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	can	You						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a Christian					tree rules

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