--- title: A friend with no religion asks: «do you seriously think a guy lived… — Daniel, Jonah and the prophets · tree and pragmatics description: A friend with no religion asks: «do you seriously think a guy lived in a fish?» A fair answer? 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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend with no religion asks: «do you seriously think a guy lived in a fish?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t7:1 # text = A friend with no religion asks: «do you seriously think a guy lived in a fish?» 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a friend with no religion | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | seriously *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | past | a guy | | | | | in a fish | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fish=Location | 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:* A fair answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t7:2 # text = A fair answer? 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} All Christians say it is a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t7:o1:1 # text = All Christians say it is a joke 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | all Christians | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Bible says it was only a dream ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t7:o2:1 # text = The Bible says it was only a dream 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | Bible | a dream | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Christians differ: some read it as history, others as a teaching story about second chances ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t7:o3:1 # text = Christians differ: some read it as history, others as a teaching story about second chances 1 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 differ differ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 5 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 teaching teaching NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 chances chance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **differ** | present | Christians | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **read** | past | some | it | | | | as history and others; as a teaching story about second chances | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus as history=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} All Christians say it was a submarine ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t7:o4:1 # text = All Christians say it was a submarine 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 submarine submarine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | all Christians | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a submarine | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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