Test 1 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

my cousin: «daniel went in the furnace and jonah got the lions». fix it

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daniel, jonah, cousin · What happens: go, get, fix · To what, where: cousin, furnace, lions, jonah

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Daniel, Jonah and the prophets» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fix	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
5	daniel	daniel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cousin	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 furnace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 furnace	det
9	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 got	cc
11	jonah	jonah	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lions	det
14	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 got	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cousin	punct
17	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go in a quote	past	daniel	my cousin not said here	the furnace	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cousin=Theme
2	get in a quote	past	jonah	the lions		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus
3	fix	infinitive	my cousin	jonah		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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.

The options

Option 1

Daniel was in the fish and Jonah in the den

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fish	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fish	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fish	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Jonah	cc
7	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fish	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 den	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 den	det
10	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Daniel			the den		in the fish and Jonah	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

All four of them were thrown to the lions together, and none was hurt

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 four	det
2	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 thrown	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 four	nmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thrown	aux:pass
6	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 lions	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lions	det
9	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thrown	obl
10	together	together	ADV	_	6 thrown	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hurt	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hurt	cc
13	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	15 hurt	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 hurt	aux:pass
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 thrown	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · passive		all four of them	the lions			together property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to lion=Destination
2	hurt	past · passive		none					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Jonah was in the furnace and Daniel in the fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 furnace	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 furnace	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 furnace	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 furnace	det
5	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Daniel	cc
7	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 furnace	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 fish	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fish	det
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 furnace	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Jonah			the furnace and Daniel		in the fish	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Daniel was in the lions' den; his three friends were in the furnace

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 den	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 den	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 den	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lions	det
5	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 den	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 lions	case
7	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 furnace	punct
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friends	nmod:poss
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 friends	nummod
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 furnace	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 furnace	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 furnace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 furnace	det
15	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 den	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Daniel			the lions's den and the furnace			tree rules
2	is	past	Daniel's three friends			the furnace			tree rules

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