Test 7 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe
«Nirvana's that old band my dad likes, innit?» says a girl in Essex. What does it mean for Buddhists?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nirvana, dad, girl, band · What happens: be, like, innit, say, mean · To what, where: old band · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: «Nirvana's that old band my dad likes, innit?» says a girl in Essex.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 band | punct |
| 2 | Nirvana | Nirvana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 band | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 band | cop |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 band | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 band | amod |
| 6 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | ccomp |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dad | nmod:poss |
| 8 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 likes | nsubj |
| 9 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 band | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 likes | xcomp |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 band | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 girl | det |
| 16 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | nsubj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Essex | case |
| 18 | Essex | Essex | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 girl | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Nirvana | that old band | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like in a quote | present | my dad | that old band not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | innit not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive | my dad not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | say speech: ask | present | a girl in Essex | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 it mean for Buddhists?
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 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 Buddhists | case |
| 6 | Buddhists | buddhist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mean | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | band | for Buddhists | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme for buddhist=Attribute |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A peace beyond suffering where rebirth ends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 peace | det |
| 2 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ends | nsubj |
| 3 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 4 suffering | case |
| 4 | suffering | suffering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 peace | nmod |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 ends | advmod |
| 6 | rebirth | rebirth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ends | nsubj |
| 7 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | a peace beyond suffering | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
The name of a famous Buddhist king who lived long ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 5 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 king | amod |
| 6 | Buddhist | Buddhist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 king | compound |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 name | nmod |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lived | nsubj |
| 9 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 king | acl:relcl |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 ago | advmod |
| 11 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 9 lived | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | a famous Buddhist king | ago property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | name | a famous Buddhist king | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
A heaven full of gold, sweets and loud music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 heaven | det |
| 2 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 heaven | amod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 gold | case |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 full | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sweets | punct |
| 7 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 heaven | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 music | cc |
| 9 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 music | amod |
| 10 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sweets | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A rock band's favourite holy place, where they play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 band | det |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 band | compound |
| 3 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 place | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 band | case |
| 5 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 place | amod |
| 6 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 place | amod |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 play | punct |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 play | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 play | nsubj |
| 11 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 place | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | they | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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