Test 3 · ★★ · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…

Why might the queen come with hard questions, not soldiers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: queen · What happens: come

This is test 3 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 come	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 queen	det
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 questions	case
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 questions	amod
8	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 soldiers	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 soldiers	advmod
11	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 questions	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	might	the queen					with hard questions and soldiers	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She wanted to see for herself if his wisdom was real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 herself	case
6	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 see	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 real	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wisdom	nmod:poss
9	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 real	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 real	cop
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	want	past	She		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	for herself = she	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	his wisdom	real property	tree rules

Option 2

Solomon would only let people in who asked riddles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 let	advmod
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 let	obj
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	8 asked	mark
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 asked	nsubj
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	advcl
9	riddles	riddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 asked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	would	Solomon	people					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past		riddles					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient

Option 3

Questions were used as the money of those days, instead of coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 money	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 money	det
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 days	det
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 money	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 coins	punct
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	13 coins	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · passive		Questions				as the money of that days; instead coins	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as money=Attribute

Option 4

She had no soldiers left after a war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 soldiers	det
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 soldiers	acl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 war	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 war	det
8	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	no soldiers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Patient
2	leave	participle		no soldiers not said here			after a war		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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