--- title: A classmate says: "My uncle says Christians all believe the flood co… — Noah and the Tower of Babel · tree and pragmatics description: A classmate says: "My uncle says Christians all believe the flood covered the whole world." What is more accurate? 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What is more accurate? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** classmate, uncle, flood · **What happens:** say, believe, cover, be · **To what, where:** Christians, whole world · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 of lesson 3 «Noah and the Tower of Babel» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A classmate says: "My uncle says Christians all believe the flood covered the whole world." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t7:1 # text = A classmate says: "My uncle says Christians all believe the flood covered the whole world." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a classmate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | My uncle | Christians | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | all *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **cover** *in a quote* | past | the flood | the whole world | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme world=Destination | 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 is more accurate? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t7:2 # text = What is more accurate? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 4 accurate accurate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | accurate *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Christians think it covered only Egypt ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t7:o1:1 # text = Christians think it covered only Egypt 1 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Christians | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **cover** | past | it | Egypt | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Some do, others read it as a local flood or a teaching story ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t7:o2:1 # text = Some do, others read it as a local flood or a teaching story 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 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 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | Some | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **read** | past | others | it | | | | as a local flood or a teaching story | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus as flood=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} No Christian has ever believed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t7:o3:1 # text = No Christian has ever believed it 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present · perfect · passive | | no Christian | | | ever | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, every Christian believes that ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, every Christian believes that 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | every Christian | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | **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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