Test 7 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard
Theo says, "It's church, God's busy, he won't care about a stain." What does the vicar say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theo, It, vicar · What happens: say, be, not care · To what, where: church · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» 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: Theo says, "It's church, God's busy, he won't care about a stain."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 church | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 church | punct |
| 5 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 church | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 church | cop |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 busy | punct |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 busy | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 God | case |
| 11 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 church | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 care | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 care | nsubj |
| 14 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 care | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 care | advmod |
| 16 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 stain | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 stain | det |
| 19 | stain | stain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 care | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 care | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Theo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | It | church | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be in a quote | tree rules | |||||||
| 4 | not care in a quote | future | Theo | about a stain | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about stain=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 does the vicar say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 vicar | det |
| 4 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the vicar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
God only looks at churches on Sundays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 looks | advmod |
| 3 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 churches | case |
| 5 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 looks | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Sundays | case |
| 7 | Sundays | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | God | sunday | at churches | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at church=Theme |
Option 2
Theo should buy a bigger chair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 buy | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 buy | aux |
| 3 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chair | det |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 chair | amod |
| 6 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | should | Theo | a bigger chair | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
God sees what is hidden; I'd rather have a stained carpet than a hidden fault
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hidden | aux:pass |
| 5 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 sees | ccomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 have | nsubj |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 have | aux |
| 9 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 10 have | advmod |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sees | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 carpet | det |
| 12 | stained | stain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 carpet | amod |
| 13 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obj |
| 14 | than | than | ADP | _ | 17 fault | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 fault | det |
| 16 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 fault | amod |
| 17 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 carpet | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | God | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | hide | present · passive | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | have | would | I | a stained carpet | than a hidden fault | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Patient | |||
| 4 | stain | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Stains in church are the vicar's problem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stains | stain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 problem | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 church | case |
| 3 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stains | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 problem | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 vicar | det |
| 6 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 problem | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 vicar | case |
| 8 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Stains in church | the vicar's problem | tree rules |
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