Test 9 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe
In a cartoon, every dead character goes up a golden staircase to the same cloud. What's more accurate?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dead character · What happens: go up, be · To what, where: golden staircase
This is test 9 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: In a cartoon, every dead character goes up a golden staircase to the same cloud.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 goes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 character | det |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 character | amod |
| 7 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 goes | nsubj |
| 8 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 goes | compound:prt |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 staircase | det |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 staircase | amod |
| 12 | staircase | staircase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 goes | obl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 cloud | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 cloud | det |
| 15 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 cloud | amod |
| 16 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 goes | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | present | every dead character | a golden staircase | to the same cloud; in a cartoon | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=Attribute |
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's more accurate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 accurate | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 accurate | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 accurate | advmod |
| 4 | accurate | accurate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 accurate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | accurate property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Scientists have proved the staircase exists, using telescopes and satellites
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 proved | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 proved | aux |
| 3 | proved | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 staircase | det |
| 5 | staircase | staircase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 exists | nsubj |
| 6 | exists | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 proved | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 using | punct |
| 8 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 proved | advcl |
| 9 | telescopes | telescope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 using | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 satellites | cc |
| 11 | satellites | satellite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 telescopes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present · perfect | Scientists | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | exist | present | the staircase | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | use | gerund | Scientists not said here | telescopes and satellites | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telescope=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Faiths and non-religious people believe different things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faiths | faith | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 people | cc |
| 3 | non-religious | non-religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Faiths | conj |
| 5 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 things | amod |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 believe | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | Faiths and non-religious people | different things | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
Option 3
Every faith agrees on the golden staircase
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 faith | det |
| 2 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 agrees | nsubj |
| 3 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 staircase | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 staircase | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 staircase | amod |
| 7 | staircase | staircase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 agrees | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | every faith | on the golden staircase | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on staircase=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Only cartoon characters ever die
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 characters | advmod |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 characters | compound |
| 3 | characters | character | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 die | nsubj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 die | advmod |
| 5 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | cartoon characters | ever | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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