Test 5 · Psalms and Proverbs

kid at lunch: «shut up or i'll smash ur face». which reply fits Proverbs 15:1

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, kid · What happens: shut up, smash, fit · To what, where: face, Proverbs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fits	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 lunch	case
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shut	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 shut	punct
6	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 kid	parataxis
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 shut	compound:prt
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 smash	cc
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 smash	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 smash	aux
11	smash	smash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 shut	conj
12	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 face	nmod:poss
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smash	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 shut	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 kid	punct
16	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	17 reply	det
17	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fits	nsubj
18	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	Proverbs	Proverb	PROPN	Number=Plur	18 fits	obj
20	15:1	15:1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 Proverbs	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	infinitive			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	smash in a quote	future	i	ur's face	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme
3	fit	present	kid at lunch	Proverbs	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proverb=Patient

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

Laughing at him loudly in front of everyone there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Laughing	obl
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Laughing	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laughing	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 front	nmod
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 everyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund						at him = he; in front of everyone; loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme

Option 2

Calling him names right back until he starts to cry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Calling	obj
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Calling	obj
4	right	right	ADV	_	5 back	advmod
5	back	back	ADV	_	1 Calling	advmod
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 starts	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 starts	nsubj
8	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Calling	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 cry	mark
10	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 starts	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	call	gerund		him = he	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result
2	start	present	he		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	cry speech: express	to-infinitive	he not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A calm, gentle word that does not throw it back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 word	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 calm	punct
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 throw	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 throw	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 throw	advmod
9	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 word	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 throw	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not throw back	present · do-support	a calm gentle word	word					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

A harsher threat back so that he backs right off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 threat	det
2	harsher	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 threat	amod
3	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 threat	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 backs	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 backs	nsubj
8	backs	back	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 threat	advcl
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 off	advmod
10	off	off	ADV	_	8 backs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	back	present	he					off property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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