Test 9 · The church funeral
Kai worries, «Does Mo have to pray our prayers?» What is the respectful truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, Mo, our, respectful truth · What happens: worry, have, pray, be · To what, where: prayers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» 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: Kai worries, «Does Mo have to pray our prayers?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 worries | nsubj |
| 2 | worries | worry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 5 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 have | aux |
| 6 | Mo | Mo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 have | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 worries | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 pray | mark |
| 9 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 have | xcomp |
| 10 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 prayers | nmod:poss |
| 11 | prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pray | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 worries | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 worries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | present | Kai | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present · do-support | Mo | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pray in a quote | to-infinitive | Mo not said here | our prayers | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pray in a quote | our | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=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: What is the respectful truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 truth | det |
| 4 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 truth | amod |
| 5 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the respectful truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, so he should go and wait outside in the car park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 go | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wait | cc |
| 8 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 go | conj |
| 9 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 8 wait | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 park | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 park | det |
| 12 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 park | compound |
| 13 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | should | he | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | he not said here | the car park | outside property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in park=Location |
Option 2
Yes, because it's a Christian building and those are the rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 building | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 building | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 building | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 building | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 building | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 building | det |
| 7 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 building | amod |
| 8 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 rules | cc |
| 10 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 13 rules | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 rules | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 rules | det |
| 13 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 building | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a Christian building and the rules | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | those | the rules | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, he must say every single word, the same as everyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 word | det |
| 7 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 same | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 same | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | appos |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 everyone | case |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 same | obl |
| 14 | else | else | ADV | _ | 13 everyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | must | he | every single word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, he can stand or sit quietly; being there is enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 stand | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stand | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stand | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stand | aux |
| 5 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 enough | csubj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 sit | cc |
| 7 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stand | conj |
| 8 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 7 sit | advmod |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 there | punct |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 there | cop |
| 11 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 sit | advmod |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 enough | cop |
| 13 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | can | he | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sit | infinitive | he not said here | quietly property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | gerund | there property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | is | present | enough property | tree rules |
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