Test 9 · The Ten Commandments

A classmate with no religion asks: «aren't statues in churches idols?»

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate · What happens: ask, not be · To what, where: statues, churches · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 religion	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 religion	det
5	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 classmate	nmod
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 statues	punct
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 statues	cop
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 statues	advmod
11	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 asks	parataxis
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 churches	case
13	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 statues	nmod
14	idols	idol	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 statues	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 statues	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a classmate with no religion						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not is a in a quote	present		statues and idols		churches			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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, every church statue is an idol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 idol	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 statue	det
4	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 statue	compound
5	statue	statue	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 idol	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 idol	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 idol	det
8	idol	idol	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	every church statue	a idol					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Christians agree there are no statues anywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 agree	nsubj
2	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 are	expl
4	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 agree	ccomp
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 statues	det
6	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 are	nsubj
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 are	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Christians						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	does	present	no statues			there		anywhere property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Catholics and Orthodox say icons help prayer and are not worshipped; some Protestants avoid them; it is disputed

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catholics	Catholic	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 say	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Orthodox	cc
3	Orthodox	Orthodox	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Catholics	conj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	icons	icon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 help	nsubj
6	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	ccomp
7	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 worshipped	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 worshipped	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 worshipped	advmod
11	worshipped	worshipped	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 help	conj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 avoid	punct
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 Protestants	det
14	Protestants	Protestant	PROPN	Number=Plur	15 avoid	nsubj
15	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	parataxis
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 avoid	obj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 disputed	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 disputed	nsubj:pass
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 disputed	aux:pass
20	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Catholics and Orthodox			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help	present	icons	prayer		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Beneficiary
3	not is	present	icons not said here		worshipped property	tree rules
4	avoid	present	some Protestants	icons = icon		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent they=Location
5	dispute	present · passive		prayer		tree rules

Option 4

No, because statues are made of stone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 made	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 made	mark
4	statues	statue	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 stone	case
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		statues				of stone	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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