Test 1 · The birth of Jesus

lil bro: «3 kings came on camels cos the Bible says so». what does it actually say

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: 3 kings, lil bro, bro · What happens: come, say · To what, where: camels · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bro	amod
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct
5	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 kings	nummod
6	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 says	advcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 camels	case
9	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 came	obl
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 Bible	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Bible	det
12	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 camels	nmod
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	so	so	ADV	_	13 says	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 say	obj
18	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 say	aux
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 say	nsubj
20	actually	actually	ADV	_	21 say	advmod
21	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	past	3 kings	camels cos the Bible		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on camel=Location
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	lil bro			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present · do-support	bro		actually property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Shepherds brought gold, frankincense and myrrh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 frankincense	punct
5	frankincense	frankincense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gold	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 myrrh	cc
7	myrrh	myrrh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Shepherds	gold and frankincense and myrrh					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 2

Exactly three kings came, named in the Bible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	_	2 three	advmod
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 kings	nummod
3	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 named	punct
6	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 came	parataxis
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 Bible	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Bible	det
9	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	three kings						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	name	participle				the Bible			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wise men came with three gifts; it never says three or kings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 men	amod
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 gifts	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 gifts	nummod
6	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 says	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 says	advmod
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 came	parataxis
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 kings	nummod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 three	cc
13	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Wise men					with three gifts	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not say speech: assert	present	it	three kings					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic

Option 4

Twelve kings came with twelve gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 kings	nummod
2	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 gifts	case
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 gifts	nummod
6	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Twelve kings					with twelve gifts	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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