Test 7 · Psalms and Proverbs
Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll wing it». Which proverb speaks to her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, I, proverb · What happens: leave, wing, revise, speak · To what, where: olympiad revision, Mia · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll wing it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 revision | nmod:poss |
| 4 | olympiad | olympiad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 revision | compound |
| 5 | revision | revision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obj |
| 6 | till | till | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obl |
| 9 | before | before | ADV | _ | 2 left | advmod |
| 10 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 sod | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 sod | punct |
| 12 | sod | sod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | parataxis |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sod | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wing | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 wing | nsubj |
| 16 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 wing | aux |
| 17 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sod | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 wing | nsubj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 sod | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | Mia | Mia's olympiad revision | night | before property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | wing in a quote | future | I | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | revise | Mia | nom revision «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 proverb speaks to her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 proverb | det |
| 2 | proverb | proverb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speaks | nsubj |
| 3 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 speaks | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 speaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | which proverb | Mia | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Go to the ant: work steadily and plan ahead
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 | _ | 6 work | punct |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ant | conj |
| 7 | steadily | steadily | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 plan | cc |
| 9 | plan | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 10 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 9 plan | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | the ant and work | steadily property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ant=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | plan | present | you not said here | ahead property | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A gentle answer turns away wrath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 answer | det |
| 2 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 answer | amod |
| 3 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | nsubj |
| 4 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 turns | advmod |
| 6 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn away | present | a gentle answer | wrath | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrath=Theme |
Option 3
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lord | det |
| 2 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 shepherd | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shepherd | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 shepherd | nmod:poss |
| 5 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shepherd | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 want | nsubj |
| 8 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 want | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 want | advmod |
| 10 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 shepherd | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Lord | my shepherd | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not want | shall | I | my shepherd not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shepherd=Theme |
Option 4
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 |
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