Test 3 · ★ · Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust ea…

Omar says Hammurabi's eye for an eye was equal for all. What would the guide add?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Omar, eye, guide · What happens: say, be, add · To what, where: eye · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 63 «Writing, laws and money: how strangers learned to trust each other» 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: Omar says Hammurabi's eye for an eye was equal for all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Hammurabi	Hammurabi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 eye	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Hammurabi	case
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 equal	mark
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 eye	det
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 equal	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 equal	cop
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 equal	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Omar	Hammurabi's eye					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent eye=Topic
2	is	past	a eye					for all; equal 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 the guide add?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 add	obl
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 add	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guide	det
4	guide	guide	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 add	nsubj
5	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	would	the guide						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Hammurabi had no laws at all; the stone is just a story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hammurabi	Hammurabi	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 laws	det
4	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 laws	nmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 story	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stone	det
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 story	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 story	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 story	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 story	det
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Hammurabi	no laws		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Patient
2	is a	present	the stone	a story					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, slaves and nobles had exactly the same rights in court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 slaves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 nobles	cc
5	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slaves	conj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	10 rights	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rights	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rights	amod
10	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 court	case
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rights	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	slaves and nobles	the same rights		court			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient

Option 3

It was really a law about eye doctors and their fees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 law	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
3	really	really	ADV	_	5 law	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 doctors	case
7	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doctors	compound
8	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 law	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fees	cc
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 fees	nmod:poss
11	fees	fee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 doctors	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a law				about eye doctors and doctors's fees	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was written down but not equal; the rich often paid silver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 written	compound:prt
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 equal	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 equal	advmod
7	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 written	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 rich	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rich	det
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 written	conj
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 paid	advmod
12	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 silver	amod
13	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	past · passive		It					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	pay	participle						often property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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