Test 2 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe

The vicar says, very formally: «We hold our own hope, yet we accord our neighbours of other faiths the fullest respect.» What does he mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vicar, We, our · What happens: say, hold, accord, hope, mean · To what, where: own hope, neighbours · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 73 «What other faiths and non-religious people believe» 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: «We hold our own hope, yet we accord our neighbours of other faiths the fullest respect.»

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	_	10 hold	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 hold	punct
9	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 hold	nsubj
10	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hope	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hope	amod
13	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hold	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 accord	punct
15	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	17 accord	cc
16	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 accord	nsubj
17	accord	accord	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hold	conj
18	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 neighbours	nmod:poss
19	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 accord	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 faiths	case
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 faiths	amod
22	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 neighbours	nmod
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 respect	det
24	fullest	full	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 respect	amod
25	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 accord	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	hold in a quote	present	We	our own hope		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme
3	accord in a quote	present	we	our neighbours of other faiths		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Goal respect=Theme
4	hope in a quote		our			nom hope «feeling 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 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	vicar						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Other faiths are wrong and must be corrected at once, kindly but firmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 faiths	amod
2	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrong	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 corrected	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 corrected	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 corrected	aux:pass
8	corrected	correct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wrong	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 corrected	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kindly	punct
12	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	8 corrected	advmod
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 firmly	cc
14	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	12 kindly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Other faiths					wrong property	tree rules
2	correct speech: disagree	must · passive	Other faiths not said here					kindly property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Other faiths should not be discussed at all in church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 faiths	amod
2	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 discussed	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 discussed	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 discussed	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 discussed	aux:pass
6	discussed	discuss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 discussed	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 church	case
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 discussed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not discuss speech: other	should · passive		Other faiths		all		in church	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

All faiths are exactly the same as ours, in every way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 faiths	det
2	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 same	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 same	cop
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 same	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 ours	case
8	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 same	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 way	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 same	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	all faiths			every way		as ours; exactly, same property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Christians keep their faith and respect others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 faith	nmod:poss
4	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 others	cc
6	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 others	compound
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 faith	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Christians	Christians's faith and respect others					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme

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