Test 9 · Creation: God the maker
Dad on the camping trip, looking at the stars: "Makes you feel tiny, doesn't it?" Which Bible poem says the same?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, you, Bible poem · What happens: look, make, feel, not do, say · To what, where: you, trip, same · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Dad on the camping trip, looking at the stars: "Makes you feel tiny, doesn't it?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looking | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 trip | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trip | det |
| 4 | camping | camping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trip | compound |
| 5 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 looking | punct |
| 7 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 stars | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stars | det |
| 10 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 looking | obl |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 Makes | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Makes | punct |
| 13 | Makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 looking | conj |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 Makes | obj |
| 15 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 Makes | xcomp |
| 16 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 feel | xcomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 does | punct |
| 18 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 looking | advcl |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 does | advmod |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 does | obj |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 does | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | Dad on the camping trip | at the stars | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at star=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | Dad on the camping trip not said here | you | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | feel in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | tiny property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | not do in a quote | present | Dad on the camping trip not said here | trip | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: Which Bible poem says the same?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 says | obj |
| 2 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 poem | compound |
| 3 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 same | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Bible poem | the same | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme same=Manner |
The options
Option 1
The Ten Commandments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Commandments | det |
| 2 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 Commandments | nummod |
| 3 | Commandments | commandment | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The story of the Garden of Eden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Garden | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Garden | det |
| 5 | Garden | Garden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 story | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Eden | case |
| 7 | Eden | Eden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Garden | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Genesis 1, the list of six days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis | Genesis | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Genesis | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 list | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 list | det |
| 5 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Genesis | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 days | case |
| 7 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 days | nummod |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 list | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | list | six days | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Psalm 8, which wonders why God cares about small human beings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psalm | Psalm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wonders | nsubj |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Psalm | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wonders | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 wonders | nsubj |
| 5 | wonders | wonder | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 cares | advmod |
| 7 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 cares | nsubj |
| 8 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wonders | ccomp |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 beings | case |
| 10 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 beings | amod |
| 11 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 beings | amod |
| 12 | beings | being | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cares | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | present | Psalm | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | care | present | God | about small human beings | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about being=Stimulus |
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