Test 8 · The birth of Jesus

dad lost me at the shops for an hour n went mental. is there a Bible story like that

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, hour n · What happens: lose, go, be · To what, where: me, shops, Bible story

This is test 8 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	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 story	parataxis
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 lost	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 shops	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shops	det
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lost	obl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 went	mark
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 n	det
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 n	compound
10	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lost	advcl
12	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 went	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lost	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 story	cop
15	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	14 is	expl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 story	det
17	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 story	compound
18	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	like	like	ADP	_	20 that	case
20	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 story	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	past	dad	me	the shops		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality
2	go	past	a hour n			mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present		a Bible story		like that	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The wise men losing the star for a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 men	det
2	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 men	amod
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 losing	nsubj
4	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 star	det
6	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 losing	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 week	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 week	det
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 losing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund	the wise men	the star			week		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Eventuality

Option 2

Jonah lost inside the big fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lost	nsubj:pass
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	6 fish	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fish	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fish	amod
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle · passive		Jonah				inside the big fish	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

The lost sheep found in the desert at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sheep	det
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sheep	amod
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sheep	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 desert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 desert	det
7	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 desert	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	find	participle		the lost sheep not said here		the desert at night			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The boy Jesus missing for three days, found in the Temple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	appos
4	missing	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 boy	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 days	nummod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 missing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 found	punct
9	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 boy	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 Temple	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Temple	det
12	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	gerund	the boy not said here				day		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	find	participle		the boy not said here		the Temple			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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