Test 7 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories
In a cartoon, a dead grandma becomes a glowing angel who grants wishes. What's the Christian view?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dead grandma, glowing angel, Christian view · What happens: become, glow, grant, be · To what, where: glowing angel, cartoon, wishes
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, a dead grandma becomes a glowing angel who grants wishes.
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 becomes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 grandma | det |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 grandma | amod |
| 7 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 becomes | nsubj |
| 8 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 angel | det |
| 10 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 angel | amod |
| 11 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 becomes | xcomp |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 grants | nsubj |
| 13 | grants | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 angel | acl:relcl |
| 14 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 grants | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 becomes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | a dead grandma | a glowing angel | in a cartoon result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=Result | |||
| 2 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | grant | present | a glowing angel | wishes | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
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 the Christian view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Christian view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Grandmas become angels, grandads don't
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandmas | grandma | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 become | nsubj |
| 2 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | angels | angel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 become | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| 5 | grandads | grandad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 become | conj |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | Grandmas | angels | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not do | present | grandads | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People don't become angels; that's a picture, not a teaching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 become | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 become | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 become | advmod |
| 4 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | angels | angel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 become | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 picture | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 picture | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 picture | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 picture | det |
| 10 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 become | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 teaching | punct |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 teaching | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 teaching | det |
| 14 | teaching | teaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 picture | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not become | present · do-support | People | angels | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | a picture and a teaching | tree rules |
Option 3
Angels grant three wishes to each family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angels | angel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grant | nsubj |
| 2 | grant | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 wishes | nummod |
| 4 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grant | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 family | case |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 family | det |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grant | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grant | present | Angels | three wishes | to each family goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent wish=Theme to family=Goal |
Option 4
That is exactly what the Bible says
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 what | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | cop |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Bible | det |
| 6 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the Bible | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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