Test 4 · ★ · Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires
A rich man and a poor man do the same wrong under Hammurabi. What usually happens?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rich man · What happens: do, happen · To what, where: same wrong
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 4 «Mesopotamia: wheels, laws and empires» 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: A rich man and a poor man do the same wrong under Hammurabi.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 man | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 man | amod |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 man | conj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wrong | det |
| 10 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wrong | amod |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 do | obj |
| 12 | under | under | ADP | _ | 13 Hammurabi | case |
| 13 | Hammurabi | Hammurabi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 wrong | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | a rich man and a poor man | the same wrong | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality |
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 usually happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | usually property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The rich man is punished more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 punished | aux:pass |
| 5 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 punished | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present · passive | the rich man | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Nobody is punished
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 punished | aux:pass |
| 3 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present · passive | Nobody | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
They get exactly the same punishment, fair for all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 punishment | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 punishment | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 punishment | amod |
| 6 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fair | punct |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 punishment | amod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 fair | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | They | the same punishment | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer punishment=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The poor man is punished more harshly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 punished | aux:pass |
| 5 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 harshly | advmod |
| 7 | harshly | harshly | ADV | _ | 5 punished | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present · passive | the poor man | harshly property | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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