Test 1 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

Your mate says, "Swearing on your mum's life makes it way more true." What does James 5:12 teach?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Swearing · What happens: say, swear, make, do · To what, where: life, mate, James teach · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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: Your mate says, "Swearing on your mum's life makes it way more true."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct
6	Swearing	swear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 makes	csubj
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 life	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mum	nmod:poss
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 life	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mum	case
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Swearing	obl
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 makes	obj
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 makes	obl:unmarked
15	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 true	amod
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 makes	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swear in a quote	gerund			your mum's life		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	make in a quote	present	Swearing	mate		way obl:unmarked; true property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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 does James 5:12 teach?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 teach	compound
4	5:12	5:12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 James	flat
5	teach	teach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		James teach					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teach=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A simple "Yes" or "No" is enough; your plain word should be true

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 simple	det
2	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 enough	csubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Yes	punct
4	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	2 simple	discourse
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Yes	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 No	cc
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 No	punct
8	No	No	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Yes	conj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Yes	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 enough	cop
11	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 true	punct
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 word	nmod:poss
14	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 word	amod
15	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 true	nsubj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 true	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 true	cop
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 enough	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		enough property	tree rules
2	is	should	your plain word	true property	tree rules
3	word		your		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Only swear on your dad's life, not your mum's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 swear	advmod
2	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 life	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 life	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 dad	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swear	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mum	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 mum	advmod
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swear	obl
12	's	's	PART	_	11 mum	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	imperative	you not said here			your dad's life		's your mum	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Swearing makes any sentence true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swearing	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sentence	det
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	gerund							vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		any sentence				true property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sentence=Product

Option 4

Swearing on someone's life is the best and strongest kind of promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swearing	swear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 kind	csubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 life	case
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 life	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 someone	case
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swearing	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 kind	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kind	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 kind	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 strongest	cc
10	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 best	conj
11	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 promise	case
13	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kind	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	gerund				someone's life			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Swearing	the best kind				of promise	tree rules

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