Test 5 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices
A classmate of no religion says, "Self-sacrifice is just for Christians." What is a fair answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, Self sacrifice · What happens: say, be · To what, where: fair answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Lifeboat choices» 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 of no religion says, "Self-sacrifice is just for Christians."
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 | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 religion | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 religion | det |
| 5 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 classmate | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Christians | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Christians | punct |
| 9 | Self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sacrifice | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Self | punct |
| 11 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Christians | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 Christians | cop |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 Christians | advmod |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 Christians | case |
| 15 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 says | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a classmate of no religion | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Self sacrifice | for Christians | tree rules |
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 fair 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 | fair | fair | 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 fair answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only soldiers have ever made a sacrifice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 made | advmod |
| 2 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sacrifice | det |
| 7 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · perfect · passive | soldiers | ever | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary sacrifice=Product |
Option 2
Self-sacrifice is wrong for non-Christians
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sacrifice | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Self | punct |
| 3 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 non-Christians | case |
| 7 | non-Christians | non-christian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wrong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Self sacrifice | for non-Christians; wrong property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only Christians are ever really allowed to be kind and give things up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 Christians | advmod |
| 2 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 kind | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 kind | cop |
| 9 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 give | cc |
| 11 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | conj |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 give | obj |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 give | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Christians | ever | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | Christians not said here | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give up | present | things | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
People of every faith and none admire giving things up for others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 admire | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 faith | case |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 faith | det |
| 4 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 People | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 none | cc |
| 6 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 4 faith | conj |
| 7 | admire | admire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 admire | xcomp |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 giving | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 giving | compound:prt |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 others | case |
| 12 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 giving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admire | present | People of every faith | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | give up | gerund | People of every faith not said here | things | for others | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Source |
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