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Test 5 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

The vicar says, very formally: «It is entirely proper to bring one's anger before God; the Psalmists did so repeatedly.» What does he mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: vicar, Psalmists, God · What happens: say, be, bring, do, mean · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 67 «Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment» 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: The vicar says, very formally: «It is entirely proper to bring one's anger before God; the Psalmists did so repeatedly.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vicar	det
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 formally	punct
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 formally	advmod
6	formally	formally	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 proper	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 proper	punct
9	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 proper	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 proper	cop
11	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	12 proper	advmod
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 bring	mark
14	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 proper	advcl
15	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bring	obj
16	's	's	PART	_	15 one	case
17	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bring	obj
18	before	before	ADP	_	19 God	case
19	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 bring	obl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 did	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Psalmists	det
22	Psalmists	Psalmist	PROPN	Number=Plur	23 did	nsubj
23	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
24	so	so	ADV	_	25 repeatedly	advmod
25	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	23 did	advmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 did	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the vicar					formally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	vicar					entirely, proper property	tree rules
3	bring in a quote	to-infinitive	vicar not said here	one			before God		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent one=Destination anger=Theme
4	do in a quote	past	the Psalmists					repeatedly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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: What does he mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	God						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Only Psalm-writers are allowed to be angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 writers	advmod
2	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 writers	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Psalm	punct
4	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	9 angry	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 angry	cop
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 allowed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		Psalm writers					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	Psalm writers not said here					angry property	tree rules

Option 2

Anger must be confessed and then punished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confessed	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 confessed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 confessed	aux:pass
4	confessed	confess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 punished	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 punished	advmod
7	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 confessed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess	must · passive		Anger					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	punish	participle					then		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's okay to tell God you're angry; the Psalms do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 okay	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 okay	cop
3	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 okay	csubj
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 angry	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 angry	cop
9	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tell	ccomp
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Psalms	det
12	Psalms	psalm	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 okay	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					okay property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			God				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient
3	is	present	you					angry property	tree rules
4	do	present	the Psalms	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

Angry people should stay away from church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	aux
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 stay	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 church	case
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	should	Angry people			church		away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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