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title: «Bro, my dog definitely has a soul, he's a total vibe,» says a teen… — Souls, ghosts and stories · tree and pragmatics
description: «Bro, my dog definitely has a soul, he's a total vibe,» says a teen in Toronto (a vibe = great to be around). Which is accurate? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories

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«Bro, my dog definitely has a soul, he's a total vibe,» says a teen in Toronto (a vibe = great to be around). Which is accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro, dog, teen · **What happens:** have, be, say · **To what, where:** soul, total vibe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Bro, my dog definitely has a soul, he's a total vibe,» says a teen in Toronto (a vibe = great to be around).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t6:1
# text = «Bro, my dog definitely has a soul, he's a total vibe,» says a teen in Toronto (a vibe = great to be around).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
18	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	teen	teen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
26	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	27	punct	_	_
27	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	cop	_	_
30	around	around	ADV	RB	_	27	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Bro and my dog | a soul |  |  |  | definitely *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | dog | a total vibe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teen | a total vibe *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vibe=Topic |
| 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | a teen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t6:2
# text = Which is accurate?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No religion says animals have souls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t6:o1:1
# text = No religion says animals have souls
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | no religion |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | animals | souls |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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People disagree; some faiths say yes, others no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t6:o2:1
# text = People disagree; some faiths say yes, others no
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | People | others |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some faiths |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Science has proved that dogs have souls, but cats don't

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t6:o3:1
# text = Science has proved that dogs have souls, but cats don't
1	Science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · perfect | Science |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | dogs | souls |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **do** | present | cats |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Every faith teaches dogs go to heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t6:o4:1
# text = Every faith teaches dogs go to heaven
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | every faith |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | present | dogs |  |  | heaven |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial\_Location |

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