Test 11 · Psalms and Proverbs
Before a big exam you feel panicky. Which psalm line is about calm trust?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, psalm line · What happens: feel, be · To what, where: calm trust
This is test 11 of lesson 11 «Psalms and Proverbs» 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: Before a big exam you feel panicky.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 4 exam | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 exam | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 exam | amod |
| 4 | exam | exam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feel | obl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 feel | nsubj |
| 6 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | panicky | panicky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feel | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | you | before a big exam | panicky property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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: Which psalm line is about calm trust?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 psalm | det |
| 2 | psalm | psalm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 line | compound |
| 3 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trust | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 trust | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 trust | advmod |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 trust | amod |
| 7 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 trust | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | psalm line | calm trust | about property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Be still, and know that I am God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 know | cop |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 1 Be | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 know | cc |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 God | parataxis |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 God | mark |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 God | nsubj |
| 8 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 God | cop |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | know property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | I | God | tree rules |
Option 2
Pride goes before a fall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | before | before | ADP | _ | 5 fall | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fall | det |
| 5 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Pride | a fall | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before fall=Location |
Option 3
Walk with the wise and become wise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 wise | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wise | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Walk | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 become | cc |
| 6 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 7 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | with the wise | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | become | infinitive | you not said here | wise property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Go to the ant, you sluggard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 ant | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ant | det |
| 4 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sluggard | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 sluggard | nsubj |
| 7 | sluggard | sluggard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | the ant | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ant=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | sluggard | you | tree rules |
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