Test 6 · ★ · Jesus' life and teaching
«Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work». What actually happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Martha, Mary · What happens: be, do, happen · To what, where: work
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» 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: «Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lazy | punct |
| 2 | Martha | Martha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lazy | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lazy | cop |
| 4 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 did | cc |
| 6 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lazy | conj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 work | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 work | det |
| 10 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 did | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 lazy | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lazy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Martha | lazy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | Mary | all work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
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: What actually happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 happened | advmod |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | actually property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Martha was busy serving while Mary sat listening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martha | Martha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 busy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 busy | cop |
| 3 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | serving | serve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 busy | advcl |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 sat | mark |
| 6 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | nsubj |
| 7 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 serving | advcl |
| 8 | listening | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 sat | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Martha | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | serve | gerund | Martha not said here | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | sit | past | Mary | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | listen | gerund | Mary not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Both sat listening and nobody served
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 2 sat | cc:preconj |
| 2 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | listening | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 sat | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 served | cc |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 served | nsubj |
| 6 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | listen | gerund | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | serve | past | nobody | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Mary went out and Martha stayed home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stayed | cc |
| 5 | Martha | Martha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 stayed | nsubj |
| 6 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 stayed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | past | Mary | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stay | past | Martha | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Martha slept all afternoon while Mary cooked for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martha | Martha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 slept | nsubj |
| 2 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 afternoon | det |
| 4 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 slept | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 cooked | mark |
| 6 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cooked | nsubj |
| 7 | cooked | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 slept | advcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 cooked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | past | Martha | afternoon | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | cook | past | Mary | for everyone | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for everyone=Beneficiary |
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