Test 1 · ★★★ · Is it fair? Why bad things happen to good people «God took Auntie coz He needed another angel,» says a lady at the funeral. Ruby frowns. Which reply fits what this lesson teaches?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: God, lady, Ruby, reply, lesson · What happens: take, need, say, frown, fit, teach · To what, where: Auntie, angel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Is it fair? Why bad things happen to good people» 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: «God took Auntie coz He needed another angel,» says a lady at the funeral.
punct nsubj ccomp obj mark nsubj advcl det obj punct punct det obj case det nmod punct root « PUNCT God PROPN took VERB Auntie PROPN coz SCONJ He PRON needed VERB another DET angel NOUN , PUNCT » PUNCT says VERB a DET lady NOUN at ADP the DET funeral NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 took punct 2 God God PROPN Number=Sing 3 took nsubj 3 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 says ccomp 4 Auntie Auntie PROPN Number=Sing 3 took obj 5 coz because SCONJ _ 7 needed mark 6 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 needed nsubj 7 needed need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 took advcl 8 another another DET PronType=Ind 9 angel det 9 angel angel NOUN Number=Sing 7 needed obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 3 took punct 11 » » PUNCT _ 12 says punct 12 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 lady det 14 lady lady NOUN Number=Sing 12 says obj 15 at at ADP _ 17 funeral case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 funeral det 17 funeral funeral NOUN Number=Sing 14 lady nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 12 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take in a quote past God Auntie vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument auntie=Destination 2 need in a quote past God another angel vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot angel=Theme 3 say speech: assert present a lady vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
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: Ruby frowns.
nsubj punct root Ruby PROPN frowns VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 2 frowns nsubj 2 frowns frown VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 . . PUNCT _ 2 frowns punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 frown present Ruby vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Which reply fits what this lesson teaches?
det nsubj obj det nsubj ccomp punct root Which DET reply NOUN fits VERB what PRON this DET lesson NOUN teaches VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 reply det 2 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing 3 fits nsubj 3 fits fit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 7 teaches obj 5 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 lesson det 6 lesson lesson NOUN Number=Sing 7 teaches nsubj 7 teaches teach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fits ccomp 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fit present which reply tree rules 2 teach speech: other present this lesson vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 God was punishing the family for something
nsubj aux det obj case obl root God PROPN was AUX punishing VERB the DET family NOUN for ADP something PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 God God PROPN Number=Sing 3 punishing nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 punishing aux 3 punishing punish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 family det 5 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 punishing obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 something case 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 punishing obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 punish past · progressive God the family for something vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent family=Patient for something=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer People say that to comfort, but Christian teaching doesn't say people become angels
The tree, 14 words nsubj mark mark ccomp punct cc amod nsubj aux advmod parataxis nsubj ccomp xcomp root People NOUN say VERB that SCONJ to PART comfort VERB , PUNCT but CCONJ Christian ADJ teaching NOUN does AUX n't PART say VERB people NOUN become VERB angels NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 2 say nsubj 2 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 that that SCONJ _ 5 comfort mark 4 to to PART _ 5 comfort mark 5 comfort comfort VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 say ccomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 say punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 12 say cc 8 Christian Christian ADJ Degree=Pos 9 teaching amod 9 teaching teaching NOUN Number=Sing 12 say nsubj 10 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 say aux 11 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 say advmod 12 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 say parataxis 13 people people NOUN Number=Plur 14 become nsubj 14 become become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 say ccomp 15 angels angel NOUN Number=Plur 14 become xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present People vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 comfort to-infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 3 not say speech: assert present · do-support Christian teaching vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 become present people angels vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Option 3 It means Ruby should stop being sad
nsubj nsubj aux ccomp cop xcomp root It PRON means VERB Ruby PROPN should AUX stop VERB being AUX sad ADJ 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 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 5 stop nsubj 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 stop aux 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means ccomp 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 sad cop 7 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 stop xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 stop should Ruby vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 3 is gerund Ruby not said here sad property tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice It's exactly right; God takes kind people early
nsubj cop advmod punct nsubj parataxis amod obj advmod root It PRON 's AUX exactly ADV right ADJ ; PUNCT God PROPN takes VERB kind ADJ people NOUN early 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 4 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right cop 3 exactly exactly ADV _ 4 right advmod 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 takes punct 6 God God PROPN Number=Sing 7 takes nsubj 7 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right parataxis 8 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 9 people amod 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 takes obj 10 early early ADV Degree=Pos 7 takes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It exactly, right property tree rules 2 take present God kind people early property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument people=Destination
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