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Test 11 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies

«My nan says only people go to heaven, my mate says his dog will be there,» says Harry. Which is the best view?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, people, mate, dog, Harry · What happens: say, go, be · To what, where: heaven, dog, best view · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» 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: «My nan says only people go to heaven, my mate says his dog will be there,» says Harry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 people	advmod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 heaven	case
9	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mate	nmod:poss
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 dog	nmod:poss
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	obj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 there	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 there	cop
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 dog	acl:relcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 says	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 says	punct
21	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 says	conj
22	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 says	nsubj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	My nan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	present	people			heaven			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial_Location
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate	mate's dog					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dog=Topic
4	is in a quote	future	mate's dog not said here					there property	tree rules
5	say speech: assert	present	Harry						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: Which is the best view?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 view	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 view	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 view	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 view	amod
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 view	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Nan is right and his mate is lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lying	cc
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mate	nmod:poss
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nan					right property	tree rules
2	lie	present · progressive	Nan's mate						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Heaven is only for dogs and other pets, not for people at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dogs	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dogs	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 dogs	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 dogs	case
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pets	cc
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pets	amod
8	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dogs	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 people	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 people	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 people	case
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dogs	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Heaven					for dogs and other pets and people at all	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Christians differ about animals, and nobody knows for sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 differ	nsubj
2	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 animals	case
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 differ	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knows	cc
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 differ	parataxis
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 sure	case
10	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 knows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	differ	present	Christians					about animals	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about animal=Topic
2	know	present	nobody					for sure	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

His mate is right and Nan is lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lying	cc
6	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lying	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lying	aux
8	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	His mate					right property	tree rules
2	lie	present · progressive	Nan						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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