Test 5 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

Ellie asks, "Do godparents have to keep their promise for ever?" What fits best?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ellie, godparents · What happens: ask, have, keep, promise, fit · To what, where: promise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: Ellie asks, "Do godparents have to keep their promise for ever?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
5	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
6	godparents	godparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asks	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 promise	nmod:poss
11	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 ever	case
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 keep	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Ellie		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	present · do-support	godparents		tree rules
3	keep in a quote	to-infinitive	godparents not said here	godparents's promise	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
4	promise in a quote		godparents = godparent		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 fits best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 fits	nsubj
2	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 fits	advmod
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 fits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present						well property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

No, it's only for the day of the baptism, and after that the parents take over

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 day	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 day	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 day	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 day	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 baptism	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 baptism	det
11	baptism	baptism	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 day	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 take	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 take	cc
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 that	fixed
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 take	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 parents	det
17	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 take	nsubj
18	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 day	parataxis
19	over	over	ADV	_	18 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it				for the day	of the baptism	tree rules
2	take over	present	the parents					over property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, godparents never really mean it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 mean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	godparents	godparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mean	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 mean	advmod
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 mean	advmod
6	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mean	infinitive	godparents	it					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's a serious lifelong promise, and the church community helps them keep it

The tree, 14 words

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	6 promise	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 promise	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 promise	det
4	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 promise	amod
5	lifelong	lifelong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 promise	amod
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 helps	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 helps	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 community	det
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 community	compound
11	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 helps	nsubj
12	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 promise	parataxis
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 helps	obj
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 helps	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a serious lifelong promise	tree rules
2	help	present	the church community	them = they	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	them = they not said here	community	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Only if the baby remembers it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 remembers	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 remembers	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remembers	nsubj
5	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 remembers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	the baby	it					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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