Test 5 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories
The vicar says, very formally: «The soul, in Christian understanding, is not a vapour that escapes the body but the person as known and loved by God.» What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: vicar, vapour · What happens: say, not be, escape, know, love, mean · To what, where: vapour, body · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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: «The soul, in Christian understanding, is not a vapour that escapes the body but the person as known and loved by God.»
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 soul | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 soul | punct |
| 9 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 soul | det |
| 10 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 understanding | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 understanding | case |
| 13 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 understanding | amod |
| 14 | understanding | understanding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 soul | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 vapour | punct |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 vapour | cop |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 vapour | advmod |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 vapour | det |
| 19 | vapour | vapour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 soul | parataxis |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 escapes | nsubj |
| 21 | escapes | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 vapour | acl:relcl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 body | det |
| 23 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 escapes | obj |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 person | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 person | det |
| 26 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 body | conj |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 known | mark |
| 28 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 escapes | advcl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 loved | cc |
| 30 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 known | conj |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 God | case |
| 32 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 loved | obl:agent |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 vapour | punct |
| 34 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 soul | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the vicar | formally property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | a vapour | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | escape in a quote | present | a vapour | the body but the person | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | know in a quote | participle | a vapour not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | love in a quote | participle | a vapour not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
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
The soul is smoke that leaves your mouth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soul | det |
| 2 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smoke | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 smoke | cop |
| 4 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 leaves | nsubj |
| 6 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 smoke | acl:relcl |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the soul | smoke | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | present | smoke | your mouth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme |
Option 2
The soul is another word for the brain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soul | det |
| 2 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | cop |
| 4 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 word | det |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 brain | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 brain | det |
| 8 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the soul | another word | for the brain | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The soul is the real «you» that God knows and loves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soul | det |
| 2 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 real | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 real | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 you | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 real | appos |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 you | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 knows | obj |
| 10 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 knows | nsubj |
| 11 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 loves | cc |
| 13 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 knows | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the soul | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | present | God | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | love | present | God not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
The soul only exists in church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 soul | det |
| 2 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 exists | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 exists | advmod |
| 4 | exists | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 church | case |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 exists | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exist | present | the soul | church | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in church=Location |
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