Test 10 · ★★ · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…
★★ The queen tested Solomon; the Butterfly's wife tested her husband. What do both tests show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, wife, tests · What happens: test, be, show · To what, where: Solomon, husband
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 101 «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» 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: ★★ The queen tested Solomon; the Butterfly's wife tested her husband.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tested | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 3 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tested | nsubj |
| 5 | tested | test | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tested | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 tested | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Butterfly | det |
| 9 | Butterfly | Butterfly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 wife | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Butterfly | case |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tested | nsubj |
| 12 | tested | test | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 tested | conj |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 husband | nmod:poss |
| 14 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tested | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 tested | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | past | ★ | Solomon | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solomon=Theme | ||||
| 2 | test | past | the Butterfly's wife | wife's husband | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme |
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 do both tests show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 show | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 tests | det |
| 4 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 show | nsubj |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | show | present | both tests | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A husband is always wiser than his wife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 husband | det |
| 2 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wiser | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wiser | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 wiser | advmod |
| 5 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 wife | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wife | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wiser | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a husband | than husband's wife; always, wise property | tree rules |
Option 2
Kings and butterflies both love riddles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 love | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 butterflies | cc |
| 3 | butterflies | butterfly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Kings | conj |
| 4 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 love | nsubj |
| 5 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | riddles | riddle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Kings and butterflies | riddles | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer riddle=Stimulus |
Option 3
You should never believe anyone at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 believe | advmod |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 believe | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 believe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | should | You | anyone | all | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Testing a claim shows whether it is true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Testing | test | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 shows | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 claim | det |
| 3 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Testing | obj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 8 true | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 true | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 true | cop |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | gerund | a claim | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme | |||||
| 2 | show | present | Testing | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | claim | true property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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