Test 9 · The birth of Jesus
«Jesus asked loads of questions in the Temple so kids should never obey parents». Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jesus, kids, that · What happens: ask, not obey, be · To what, where: loads, Temple, parents
This is test 9 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
Sentence 1: «Jesus asked loads of questions in the Temple so kids should never obey parents».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 2 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 asked | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 questions | case |
| 6 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 loads | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Temple | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Temple | det |
| 9 | Temple | Temple | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obl |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 obey | advmod |
| 11 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 obey | nsubj |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 obey | aux |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 obey | advmod |
| 14 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | xcomp |
| 15 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 obey | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | Jesus | loads of questions | the Temple | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent load=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | not obey not said to happen, in a quote | should | kids | parents | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |
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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, he never went back to Nazareth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Nazareth | case |
| 8 | Nazareth | Nazareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go back | past | he | Nazareth | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to nazareth=Result |
Option 2
Yes, the Bible says questions replace obeying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Bible | det |
| 4 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 replace | nsubj |
| 7 | replace | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 8 | obeying | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 replace | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the Bible | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | replace | present | questions | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | obey | gerund | questions not said here | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, because he never asked any questions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 asked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 asked | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 asked | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 asked | advmod |
| 6 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 questions | det |
| 8 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 asked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | past | he | any questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, he also went home and obeyed his parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 obeyed | cc |
| 8 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 parents | nmod:poss |
| 10 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 obeyed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | obey | past | he not said here | his parents | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |
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