Test 8 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

Isaac's mum says, "You must forgive him right now, or you're unforgiving." What does the vicar teach?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, You · What happens: say, forgive, unforgiv, do · To what, where: Isaac, vicar teach · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» 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: Isaac's mum says, "You must forgive him right now, or you're unforgiving."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Isaac	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 forgive	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 forgive	punct
7	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 forgive	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 forgive	aux
9	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgive	obj
11	right	right	ADV	_	12 now	advmod
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 forgive	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 unforgiving	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 unforgiving	cc
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 unforgiving	nsubj
16	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 unforgiving	aux
17	unforgiving	unforgiv	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 unforgiving	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 unforgiving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Isaac's mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forgive in a quote	must	You	Isaac	now	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	unforgiv in a quote	present · progressive	you			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 does the vicar 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teach	det
4	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teach	compound
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		the vicar teach					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teach=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

You only forgive if they give you a present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 forgive	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 forgive	advmod
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 give	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgive	advcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 give	iobj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 present	det
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	present	You						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give a condition, not said to happen	present	they	a present	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient present=Theme

Option 2

Forgiveness must be instant or it doesn't count, so Isaac should hurry up

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instant	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 instant	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 instant	cop
4	instant	instant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 count	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 count	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 count	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 count	advmod
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instant	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hurry	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 hurry	advmod
12	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 hurry	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 hurry	aux
14	hurry	hurry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instant	parataxis
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 hurry	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	must	Forgiveness	instant property	tree rules
2	not count	present · do-support	Forgiveness		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	hurry up	should	Isaac		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Forgiveness can be a journey; being honest about hurt is not unforgiving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 journey	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 journey	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 journey	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 journey	det
5	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 unforgiving	nsubj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 honest	punct
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 honest	cop
8	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 journey	amod
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 hurt	case
10	hurt	hurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 honest	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 unforgiving	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 unforgiving	advmod
13	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Forgiveness	a journey		tree rules
2	is	gerund			about hurt; honest property	tree rules
3	not is	present	a journey		unforgiving property	tree rules

Option 4

You never need to forgive anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 need	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 forgive	mark
5	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 forgive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present	You						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	forgive not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here	anyone					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme

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