Test 5 · ★★ · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los…
Elder sibling: «I've been good for years and the screw-up gets the party? so unfair». What did the father say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Elder sibling, father · What happens: be, get, say · To what, where: party · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep» 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: Elder sibling: «I've been good for years and the screw-up gets the party? so unfair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sibling | amod |
| 2 | sibling | sibling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 good | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 good | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 good | nsubj |
| 6 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 good | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 good | cop |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sibling | parataxis |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 years | case |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 good | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 up | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 up | det |
| 13 | screw | screw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 up | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 screw | punct |
| 15 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 good | conj |
| 16 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 party | det |
| 18 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gets | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 gets | punct |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 unfair | advmod |
| 21 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 gets | parataxis |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 21 unfair | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present · perfect | I | year | good property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get in a quote | present | Elder sibling | the party | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer party=Stimulus |
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 did the father say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 father | det |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the father | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Go away, you never helped me anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 helped | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 helped | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 helped | advmod |
| 6 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | parataxis |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 helped | obj |
| 8 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 6 helped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not help | past | you | me | anyway property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary |
Option 2
You are right, I will cancel the party now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cancel | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 cancel | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 cancel | aux |
| 7 | cancel | cancel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 party | det |
| 9 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cancel | obj |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 cancel | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cancel | future | I | the party | now | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
All I have is yours; we celebrate because your brother was lost and is found
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 yours | nsubj |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 All | acl:relcl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 yours | cop |
| 5 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 celebrate | punct |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 celebrate | nsubj |
| 8 | celebrate | celebrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 yours | conj |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 lost | mark |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 brother | nmod:poss |
| 11 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 lost | aux:pass |
| 13 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 celebrate | advcl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 found | cc |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 found | aux:pass |
| 16 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 lost | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | I | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | All | yours | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | celebrate | present | we | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | lose | past · passive | your brother | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | find | present · passive | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF» |
Option 4
Your brother is my favourite, so be quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 favourite | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 favourite | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 favourite | nmod:poss |
| 5 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 quiet | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 quiet | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 quiet | cop |
| 9 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 favourite | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your brother | favourite property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | Your brother not said here | quiet property | tree rules |
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