Test 6 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets
«nineveh were the baddies so god shoulda smashed them, done». What does the book of Jonah say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nineveh, baddies, book · What happens: be, smash, do, say · To what, where: baddies, them · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: «nineveh were the baddies so god shoulda smashed them, done».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 baddies | punct |
| 2 | nineveh | nineveh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 baddies | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 baddies | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 baddies | det |
| 5 | baddies | baddie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 smashed | nsubj |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 shoulda | case |
| 7 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shoulda | compound |
| 8 | shoulda | shoulda | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 baddies | nmod |
| 9 | smashed | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 smashed | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
| 12 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 smashed | parataxis |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 smashed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | nineveh | the baddies | so god shoulda | tree rules | |||
| 2 | smash in a quote | past | the baddies | them = they | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | participle | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 does the book of Jonah say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 book | det |
| 4 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Jonah | case |
| 6 | Jonah | Jonah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 book | nmod |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the book of Jonah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
God's mercy is for everyone, even enemies who repent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mercy | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 God | case |
| 3 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 everyone | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 everyone | cop |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 enemies | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 enemies | advmod |
| 9 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 everyone | nmod |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 repent | nsubj |
| 11 | repent | repent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 enemies | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | God's mercy | for everyone; enemies nmod | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | repent | present | enemies | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
God always destroys bad cities
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 destroys | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 destroys | advmod |
| 3 | destroys | destroy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cities | amod |
| 5 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 destroys | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | destroy | present | God | bad cities | always property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient |
Option 3
Only Jonah's people can be saved
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 people | advmod |
| 2 | Jonah | Jonah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 people | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Jonah | case |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 saved | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 saved | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 saved | aux:pass |
| 7 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | can · passive | Jonah's people | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Nineveh was never forgiven, however sorry its people were
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nineveh | Nineveh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 forgiven | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgiven | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 forgiven | advmod |
| 4 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sorry | punct |
| 6 | however | however | ADV | _ | 7 sorry | advmod |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 forgiven | xcomp |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 people | nmod:poss |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sorry | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgiven | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgive | past · passive | Nineveh | sorry property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | past | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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