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Test 8 · ★★★ · Is it fair? Why bad things happen to good people

«Do u ever doubt God, vicar? Like for real tho?» asks Lily. If he says «sometimes», what does that show?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, u, real tho, tho, that · What happens: do, doubt, ask, say, show · To what, where: God, Lily · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: «Do u ever doubt God, vicar?

punctnsubjadvmodccompobjpunctconjpunctroot«PUNCTDoVERBuPRONeverADVdoubtVERBGodPROPN,PUNCTvicarNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_2 Dopunct
2DodoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3uyouPRONAbbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 doubtnsubj
4evereverADVPronType=Ind5 doubtadvmod
5doubtdoubtVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 Doccomp
6GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing5 doubtobj
7,,PUNCT_8 vicarpunct
8vicarvicarNOUNNumber=Sing6 Godconj
9??PUNCT_2 Dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1do in a quoteimperativeyou not said heretree rules
2doubt in a quotepresentuGod and vicarevervn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=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: Like for real tho?» asks Lily.

discoursecaseamodnsubjpunctpunctobjpunctrootLikeINTJforADPrealADJthoNOUN?PUNCT»PUNCTasksVERBLilyPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LikelikeINTJ_4 thodiscourse
2forforADP_4 thocase
3realrealADJDegree=Pos4 thoamod
4thothoNOUNNumber=Sing7 asksnsubj
5??PUNCT_4 thopunct
6»»PUNCT_4 thopunct
7asksaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8LilyLilyPROPNNumber=Sing7 asksobj
9..PUNCT_7 askspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: ask in a quotepresentreal thoLilyvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lily=Recipient

Sentence 3: If he says «sometimes», what does that show?

marknsubjadvclpunctadvmodpunctpunctobjauxnsubjpunctrootIfSCONJhePRONsaysVERB«PUNCTsometimesADV»PUNCT,PUNCTwhatPRONdoesAUXthatPRONshowVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IfifSCONJ_3 saysmark
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 showadvcl
4««PUNCT_5 sometimespunct
5sometimessometimesADVPronType=Ind3 saysadvmod
6»»PUNCT_5 sometimespunct
7,,PUNCT_3 sayspunct
8whatwhatPRONPronType=Int11 showobj
9doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 showaux
10thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem11 shownsubj
11showshowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
12??PUNCT_11 showpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert a condition, not said to happenpresentthosometimes propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2showpresent · do-supportthatvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Doubt can be part of honest faith

nsubjauxcopcaseamodnmodrootDoubtNOUNcanAUXbeAUXpartNOUNofADPhonestADJfaithNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DoubtdoubtNOUNNumber=Sing4 partnsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 partaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 partcop
4partpartNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_7 faithcase
6honesthonestADJDegree=Pos7 faithamod
7faithfaithNOUNNumber=Sing4 partnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is acanDoubtpartof honest faithtree rules

Option 2

He is a bad vicar and should quit

nsubjcopdetamodccauxconjrootHePRONisAUXaDETbadADJvicarNOUNandCCONJshouldAUXquitVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 vicarnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 vicarcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 vicardet
4badbadADJDegree=Pos5 vicaramod
5vicarvicarNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6andandCCONJ_8 quitcc
7shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin8 quitaux
8quitquitVERBVerbForm=Inf5 vicarconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentHea bad vicartree rules
2quitshouldHe not said herevn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Vicars are not allowed to have doubts

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodmarkxcompobjrootVicarsNOUNareAUXnotPARTallowedVERBtoPARThaveVERBdoubtsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1VicarsvicarNOUNNumber=Plur4 allowednsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 allowedaux:pass
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 allowedadvmod
4allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5totoPART_6 havemark
6havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf4 allowedxcomp
7doubtsdoubtNOUNNumber=Plur6 haveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not allowpresent · passiveVicarsvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2have not said to happento-infinitiveVicars not said heredoubtsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He doesn't believe in God at all

nsubjauxadvmodcaseoblcaseoblrootHePRONdoesAUXn'tPARTbelieveVERBinADPGodPROPNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 believensubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 believeaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 believeadvmod
4believebelieveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5ininADP_6 Godcase
6GodGodPROPNNumber=Sing4 believeobl
7atatADP_8 allcase
8allallDETPronType=Tot4 believeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not believepresent · do-supportHeallin Godvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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