Test 7 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude
Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks be to God".» Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Holly, Alhamdulillah, thanks · What happens: say, sound, be · To what, where: Mohammed · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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: Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks be to God".»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly | Holly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Mohammed | case |
| 4 | Mohammed | Mohammed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sounds | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 sounds | punct |
| 7 | Alhamdulillah | Alhamdulillah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 sounds | nsubj |
| 8 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 God | advmod |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 God | case |
| 11 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 God | nmod:poss |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 God | punct |
| 13 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 God | nsubj |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 God | cop |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 God | case |
| 16 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 sounds | obl |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 God | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sounds | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Holly | Mohammed | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mohammed=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | sound in a quote | present | Alhamdulillah | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is | infinitive | thanks | like our God | 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: Is she right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Alhamdulillah | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, but only Christians are ever allowed to say it out loud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 allowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 allowed | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 allowed | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 Christians | advmod |
| 5 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 allowed | aux:pass |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 allowed | advmod |
| 8 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 say | mark |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 allowed | xcomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 say | obj |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 say | compound:prt |
| 13 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 10 say | advmod |
| # | 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 S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | say out speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | Christians not said here | it | loud property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, Muslims never give thanks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| 3 | Muslims | Muslim | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 give | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 give | advmod |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not give | present | Muslims | thanks | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, different words carry the same thankful heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 carry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 carry | nsubj |
| 5 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 heart | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 heart | amod |
| 8 | thankful | thankful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 heart | amod |
| 9 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | different words | the same thankful heart | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |
Option 4
No, it means «good luck»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 luck | punct |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 luck | amod |
| 7 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 luck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | good luck | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Topic |
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