Test 2 · Psalms and Proverbs
Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.» Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, God, you · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: throne, God · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 4 | Psalm | Psalm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 5 | 23 | 23 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 Psalm | flat |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 king | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 king | cop |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | ccomp |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 throne | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 throne | det |
| 14 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 king | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 king | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Josh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | God | a throne | like a king | tree rules |
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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | God | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It pictures God as a soldier who fights wars for his people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pictures | nsubj |
| 2 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 soldier | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 soldier | det |
| 6 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | nmod |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 fights | nsubj |
| 8 | fights | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 soldier | acl:relcl |
| 9 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fights | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 people | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 people | nmod:poss |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fights | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | a soldier | wars | for God's people | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Co-Agent |
Option 2
It pictures God as a fisherman with a net
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pictures | nsubj |
| 2 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 fisherman | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fisherman | det |
| 6 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 net | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 net | det |
| 9 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fisherman | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
It pictures God as a judge in a court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pictures | nsubj |
| 2 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 judge | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 judge | det |
| 6 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 court | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 court | det |
| 9 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 judge | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It pictures God as a shepherd who leads and protects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pictures | nsubj |
| 2 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 shepherd | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shepherd | det |
| 6 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pictures | nmod |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 leads | nsubj |
| 8 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shepherd | acl:relcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 protects | cc |
| 10 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 leads | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | present | a shepherd | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 2 | protect | present | a shepherd not said here | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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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