Test 3 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe «My uncle's a humanist, he reckons when you die you just stop. Is that sad tho?» asks Jack. What do humanists say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, humanist, you, sad tho, humanists · What happens: be, reckon, die, stop, ask, say · To what, where: humanist, sad tho, Jack · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: «My uncle's a humanist, he reckons when you die you just stop.
punct nmod:poss nsubj cop det nsubj punct nsubj advmod nsubj ccomp nsubj advmod conj punct root « PUNCT My PRON uncle NOUN 's AUX a DET humanist NOUN , PUNCT he PRON reckons VERB when ADV you PRON die VERB you PRON just ADV stop VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 6 humanist punct 2 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 uncle nmod:poss 3 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 6 humanist nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 humanist cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 humanist det 6 humanist humanist NOUN Number=Sing 9 reckons nsubj 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 humanist punct 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 reckons nsubj 9 reckons reckon VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 when when ADV PronType=Int 12 die advmod 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 die nsubj 12 die die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 reckons ccomp 13 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 15 stop nsubj 14 just just ADV _ 15 stop advmod 15 stop stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 die conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 9 reckons punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present My uncle a humanist tree rules 2 reckon in a quote present a humanist vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 die in a quote present you vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 4 stop in a quote present you vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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: Is that sad tho?» asks Jack.
cop det amod nsubj punct punct obj punct root Is AUX that DET sad ADJ tho NOUN ? PUNCT » PUNCT asks VERB Jack PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 tho cop 2 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 tho det 3 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 tho amod 4 tho tho NOUN Number=Sing 7 asks nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 tho punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 tho punct 7 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 Jack Jack PROPN Number=Sing 7 asks obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present that sad tho tree rules 2 ask speech: ask in a quote present that sad tho Jack vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jack=Recipient
Sentence 3: What do humanists say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON do AUX humanists NOUN say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 humanists humanist NOUN Number=Plur 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · do-support humanists vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 They secretly believe in heaven
nsubj advmod case obl root They PRON secretly ADV believe VERB in ADP heaven NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 believe nsubj 2 secretly secretly ADV _ 3 believe advmod 3 believe believe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 heaven case 5 heaven heaven NOUN Number=Sing 3 believe obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 believe present They heaven secretly property vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 They think life has no meaning
nsubj nsubj ccomp det obj root They PRON think VERB life NOUN has VERB no DET meaning NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 think nsubj 2 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 life life NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 think ccomp 5 no no DET PronType=Neg 6 meaning det 6 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present They vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 have present life no meaning vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It makes this life matter more: love and live well
nsubj det obj xcomp advmod punct vocative cc conj advmod root It PRON makes VERB this DET life NOUN matter VERB more ADV : PUNCT love NOUN and CCONJ live VERB well ADV 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 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 life det 4 life life NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes obj 5 matter matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 makes xcomp 6 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 5 matter advmod 7 : : PUNCT _ 8 love punct 8 love love NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes vocative 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 live cc 10 live live VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 makes conj 11 well well ADV Degree=Pos 10 live advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present It this life love vocative tree rules 2 matter present this life not said here vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus 3 live infinitive well property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 They are sad all the time about it and can never enjoy themselves
nsubj cop det:predet det obl:unmarked case nmod cc aux advmod conj obj root They PRON are AUX sad ADJ all DET the DET time NOUN about ADP it PRON and CCONJ can AUX never ADV enjoy VERB themselves PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 sad nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sad cop 3 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 time det:predet 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 time det 6 time time NOUN Number=Sing 3 sad obl:unmarked 7 about about ADP _ 8 it case 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 time nmod 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 enjoy cc 10 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 enjoy aux 11 never never ADV PronType=Neg 12 enjoy advmod 12 enjoy enjoy VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 sad conj 13 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 12 enjoy obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present They time sad property tree rules 2 not enjoy can They not said here themselves = they vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus
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