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Test 2 · ★★★ · Is it fair? Why bad things happen to good people

«If God's real and good, why's there wars? Checkmate, bro,» says a Gen Z cousin in Florida. What's a fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wars · What happens: be, say · To what, where: Gen Z cousin, Florida, fair answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: «If God's real and good, why's there wars?

punctmarknmod:posscaseccconjpunctadvmodparataxisexplnsubjpunctroot«PUNCTIfSCONJGodPROPN'sPARTrealADJandCCONJgoodADJ,PUNCTwhyADV'sVERBtherePRONwarsNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_5 realpunct
2IfifSCONJ_5 realmark
3GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing5 realnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Godcase
5realrealADJDegree=Posrootroot
6andandCCONJ_7 goodcc
7goodgoodADJDegree=Pos5 realconj
8,,PUNCT_10 'spunct
9whywhyADVPronType=Int10 'sadvmod
10'sbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 realparataxis
11theretherePRONPronType=Dem10 'sexpl
12warswarNOUNNumber=Plur10 'snsubj
13??PUNCT_5 realpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1does in a quotepresentwarstherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Checkmate, bro,» says a Gen Z cousin in Florida.

ccomppunctconjpunctpunctdetcompoundcompoundobjcasenmodpunctrootCheckmateNOUN,PUNCTbroNOUN,PUNCT»PUNCTsaysVERBaDETGenNOUNZNOUNcousinNOUNinADPFloridaPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CheckmatecheckmateNOUNNumber=Sing6 saysccomp
2,,PUNCT_3 bropunct
3brobroNOUNNumber=Sing1 Checkmateconj
4,,PUNCT_1 Checkmatepunct
5»»PUNCT_6 sayspunct
6sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 cousindet
8GengenNOUNNumber=Sing10 cousincompound
9ZzNOUNNumber=Sing10 cousincompound
10cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing6 saysobj
11ininADP_12 Floridacase
12FloridaFloridaPROPNNumber=Sing10 cousinnmod
13..PUNCT_6 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepresenta Gen Z cousinFloridavn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme in florida=Manner

Sentence 3: What's a fair answer?

nsubjcopdetamodpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXaDETfairADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 answernsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 answercop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 answerdet
4fairfairADJDegree=Pos5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 answerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta fair answertree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Wars don't really happen any more

nsubjauxadvmodadvmodadvmodadvmodrootWarsNOUNdoAUXn'tPARTreallyADVhappenVERBanyADVmoreADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WarswarNOUNNumber=Plur5 happennsubj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 happenaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 happenadvmod
4reallyreallyADV_5 happenadvmod
5happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6anyanyADV_7 moreadvmod
7moremoreADVDegree=Cmp5 happenadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not happenpresent · do-supportWarsvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

There's no answer to it, so the question is stupid and pointless

expldetnsubjcasenmodpunctadvmoddetnsubjcopadvclccconjrootTherePRON'sVERBnoDETanswerNOUNtoADPitPRON,PUNCTsoADVtheDETquestionNOUNisAUXstupidADJandCCONJpointlessADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 'sexpl
2'sbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg4 answerdet
4answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing2 'snsubj
5totoADP_6 itcase
6ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 answernmod
7,,PUNCT_12 stupidpunct
8sosoADV_12 stupidadvmod
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 questiondet
10questionquestionNOUNNumber=Sing12 stupidnsubj
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 stupidcop
12stupidstupidADJDegree=Pos2 'sadvcl
13andandCCONJ_14 pointlesscc
14pointlesspointlessADJDegree=Pos12 stupidconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresentno answer to ittherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ispresentthe questionstupid propertytree rules
3bethe question not said heretree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's a hard question; many Christians point to free will

nsubjcopdetamodpunctamodnsubjparataxismarkxcompauxrootItPRON'sAUXaDEThardADJquestionNOUN;PUNCTmanyADJChristiansPROPNpointVERBtoPARTfreeADJwillAUX
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 questionnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 questioncop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 questiondet
4hardhardADJDegree=Pos5 questionamod
5questionquestionNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6;;PUNCT_9 pointpunct
7manymanyADJDegree=Pos8 Christiansamod
8ChristiansChristianPROPNNumber=Plur9 pointnsubj
9pointpointVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 questionparataxis
10totoPART_11 freemark
11freefreeADJDegree=Pos9 pointxcomp
12willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin5 questionaux
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta hard questiontree rules
2pointpresentmany Christiansfree propertyvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Wars are God's punishment for bad countries

nsubjcopnmod:posscasecaseamodnmodrootWarsNOUNareAUXGodPROPN'sPARTpunishmentNOUNforADPbadADJcountriesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WarswarNOUNNumber=Plur5 punishmentnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 punishmentcop
3GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing5 punishmentnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Godcase
5punishmentpunishmentNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6forforADP_8 countriescase
7badbadADJDegree=Pos8 countriesamod
8countriescountryNOUNNumber=Plur5 punishmentnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentWarsGod's punishmentfor bad countriestree rules

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