Test 5 · ★★ · Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius

Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong". What would Confucius really say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kid, Confucius · What happens: shove, say, be · To what, where: someone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history 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: Kid in class shoves someone and says "Confucius said be strong".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoves	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 class	case
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kid	nmod
4	shoves	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 shoves	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 says	cc
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shoves	conj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 strong	punct
9	Confucius	Confucius	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 strong	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 strong	cop
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 strong	cop
12	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 says	ccomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 strong	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shoves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shove	present	Kid in class	someone		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	Kid in class not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	past	Confucius		strong property	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 would Confucius really say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	Confucius	Confucius	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
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	would	Confucius						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Push first and ask questions later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Push	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Push	conj
5	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ask	obj
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here					first property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here	questions				late property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not do to others what you would not want done to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 do	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 do	advmod
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 others	case
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 do	obl
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 want	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 want	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 want	advmod
10	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 others	acl:relcl
11	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 do	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 you	case
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not do	imperative · do-support	you not said here			to others	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not want	would	you	others			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
3	do	participle	you not said here		you		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Respect only the strong, and let the weak look after themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strong	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 strong	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 strong	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 let	cc
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 strong	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 look	det
9	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 look	amod
10	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 themselves	case
12	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive		the weak look			after themselves = they		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme

Option 4

Always win every fight you are in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 win	advmod
2	win	win	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 fight	det
4	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 win	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 in	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 in	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	4 fight	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	imperative	you not said here	every fight				always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality

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