Test 7 · Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together

A classmate who isn't religious asks, "Do you have to believe in God to think honesty matters?" What is the most accurate answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, you, honesty, accurate answer · What happens: not be, ask, have, believe, think, matter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 81 «Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together» 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: A classmate who isn't religious asks, "Do you have to believe in God to think honesty matters?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 religious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 religious	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 religious	advmod
6	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 classmate	acl:relcl
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
10	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 have	aux
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asks	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 believe	mark
14	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 have	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 God	case
16	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 believe	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 think	mark
18	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 believe	ccomp
19	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 matters	nsubj
20	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 think	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a classmate	religious property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	a classmate		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have in a quote	present · do-support	you		tree rules
4	believe in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	in God	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	think speech: other in a quote	to-infinitive			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	matter in a quote	present	honesty		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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 is the most accurate answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the accurate answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No; Christians see it as part of faith, but people of all beliefs agree trust needs honesty

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 see	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 needs	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 part	case
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 faith	case
9	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 agree	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 agree	cc
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 agree	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 beliefs	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 beliefs	det
15	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 people	nmod
16	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	conj
17	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 agree	obj
18	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	present	Christians	it	as part of faith	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus as part=Attribute
2	agree speech: agree	present	people of all beliefs	trust		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent trust=Topic
3	need	present		honesty		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes; only religious people care whether others tell the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 care	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 care	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 people	advmod
4	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 care	nsubj
6	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 tell	mark
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tell	nsubj
9	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 care	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 truth	det
11	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	religious people						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	tell speech: assert	present	others	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 3

No; nobody really thinks honesty matters, it is just a rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 thinks	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 thinks	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 thinks	advmod
5	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rule	advcl
6	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matters	nsubj
7	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thinks	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 thinks	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rule	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rule	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 rule	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 rule	det
13	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	nobody		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	matter	present	honesty		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a	present	honesty	a rule	tree rules

Option 4

Yes; honesty was invented by one particular church in England about a hundred years ago, before that people lied freely

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 invented	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invented	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invented	aux:pass
5	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 church	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 church	nummod
8	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 church	amod
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invented	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 England	case
11	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 church	nmod
12	about	about	ADV	_	14 hundred	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hundred	det
14	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 ago	obl:unmarked
16	ago	ago	ADV	_	5 invented	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lied	punct
18	before	before	SCONJ	_	21 lied	mark
19	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 people	det
20	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 lied	nsubj
21	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invented	conj
22	freely	freely	ADV	_	21 lied	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive	one particular church in England	honesty				ago property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	lie	past	that people					freely property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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