Test 7 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith
Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but she's at the christening. What would have been better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Erin · What happens: text, get, be · To what, where: friend, bad cold, christening
This is test 7 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: Erin texts her friend, "So sorry, got a bad cold," on party day, but she's at the christening.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 texts | nsubj |
| 2 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 friend | nmod:poss |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 texts | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sorry | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 sorry | punct |
| 7 | So | so | ADV | _ | 8 sorry | advmod |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 texts | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sorry | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cold | det |
| 12 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cold | amod |
| 13 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 day | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 day | punct |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 day | case |
| 17 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 day | compound |
| 18 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 christening | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 christening | cc |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 christening | nsubj |
| 22 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 christening | cop |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 christening | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 christening | det |
| 25 | christening | christening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 texts | parataxis |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | Erin | Erin's friend | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | Erin not said here | a bad cold | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cold=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | is | present | Erin | the christening | tree rules |
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 would have been better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 better | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 better | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 better | cop |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 What | amod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would · perfect | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Telling her early and truthfully about the christening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Telling | iobj |
| 3 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Telling | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 truthfully | cc |
| 5 | truthfully | truthfully | ADV | _ | 3 early | conj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 christening | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 christening | det |
| 8 | christening | christening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | her = she | about the christening; early property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about christening=Topic |
Option 2
Going to both and leaving early from each
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 both | case |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Going | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 leaving | cc |
| 5 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Going | conj |
| 6 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 leaving | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 leaving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | both | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to both=Initial_Location | |||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | each | early property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from each=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Ignoring the friend's texts all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignoring | ignore | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 texts | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 friend | case |
| 5 | texts | text | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ignoring | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignoring | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | gerund | the friend's texts | day | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Theme |
Option 4
A better excuse that nobody could check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 excuse | det |
| 2 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 excuse | amod |
| 3 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 check | obj |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 check | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 check | aux |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 excuse | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | could | nobody | a better excuse | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
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