Test 4 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets
Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like daniel, we should all ignore it». What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: new rule, we, school, best answer · What happens: be, ignore, rule · To what, where: talking, lunch, rule
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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
Sentence 1: Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like daniel, we should all ignore it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 ignore | vocative |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 talking | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 talking | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 school | det |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rule | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 school | case |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rule | amod |
| 9 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talking | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 talking | cop |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 talking | det |
| 12 | talking | talking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mate | conj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 lunch | case |
| 14 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talking | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 talking | punct |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 daniel | case |
| 17 | daniel | daniel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talking | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 19 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 ignore | nsubj |
| 20 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 ignore | aux |
| 21 | all | all | ADV | _ | 22 ignore | advmod |
| 22 | ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 ignore | obj |
| 24 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 22 ignore | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 ignore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | the school's new rule | no talking | lunch | like daniel | tree rules | ||
| 2 | ignore in a quote | should | we | rule | Your mate and no talking vocative; all property | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | rule in a quote | the school | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
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 is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Daniel ignored every rule in Babylon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel | Daniel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 ignored | nsubj |
| 2 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 rule | det |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ignored | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Babylon | case |
| 6 | Babylon | Babylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rule | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | past | Daniel | every rule | Babylon | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Daniel refused a law against praying to God, not every rule he disliked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel | Daniel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 refused | nsubj |
| 2 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 law | det |
| 4 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 refused | obj |
| 5 | against | against | SCONJ | _ | 6 praying | mark |
| 6 | praying | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 refused | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 God | case |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 praying | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 rule | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 rule | advmod |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 rule | det |
| 12 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 God | appos |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 disliked | nsubj |
| 14 | disliked | dislike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 rule | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | Daniel | a law | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pray | gerund | Daniel not said here | God | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | dislike | past | Daniel | every rule not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Stimulus |
Option 3
Daniel would shout louder than anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel | Daniel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shout | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 shout | aux |
| 3 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 shout | advmod |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 anyone | case |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 louder | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | would | Daniel | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Daniel would leave the school at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel | Daniel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 leave | aux |
| 3 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 school | det |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leave | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | would | Daniel | the school | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent school=Theme at once=Location |
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