Test 6 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices
Your cousin says, "Jesus died because he was caught by accident." How would a Christian put it right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Jesus, accident, Christian · What happens: say, die, catch, put · To what, where: Jesus, accident · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Your cousin says, "Jesus died because he was caught by accident."
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 died | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 died | punct |
| 6 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 died | nsubj |
| 7 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 caught | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 caught | aux:pass |
| 11 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 died | advcl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 accident | case |
| 13 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 caught | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | die in a quote | past | Jesus | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | catch in a quote | past · passive | accident | Jesus | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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 a Christian put it right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 put | advmod |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Christian | det |
| 4 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | obj |
| 7 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 put | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | would | a Christian | accident | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Christians believe Jesus died in a shipwreck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 died | nsubj |
| 4 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 believe | ccomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shipwreck | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shipwreck | det |
| 7 | shipwreck | shipwreck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Christians | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | die | past | Jesus | in a shipwreck | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in shipwreck=Attribute |
Option 2
Christians believe Jesus died of old age at home in his own bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 died | nsubj |
| 4 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 believe | ccomp |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 age | case |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 age | amod |
| 7 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 home | case |
| 9 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 bed | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 bed | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bed | amod |
| 13 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Christians | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | die | past | Jesus | home | of old age | in Jesus's own bed | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in bed=Attribute |
Option 3
Christians believe Jesus never died at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 died | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 died | advmod |
| 5 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 believe | ccomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 died | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Christians | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | not die | past | Jesus | all | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Christians believe Jesus gave his life willingly for others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 believe | ccomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 life | nmod:poss |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 7 | willingly | willingly | ADV | _ | 4 gave | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 others | case |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Christians | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | give | past | Jesus | Jesus's life | for others; willingly property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Theme for other=Asset |
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