Test 6 · ★★ · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los…
Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's bad maths». Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Classmate, that · What happens: ask, leave, be · To what, where: 99 sheep, bad maths · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's bad maths».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 religion | case |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 religion | det |
| 4 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Classmate | nmod |
| 5 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 asks | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 leave | punct |
| 8 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 leave | advmod |
| 9 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 asks | parataxis |
| 10 | 99 | 99 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 sheep | nummod |
| 11 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 leave | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 1 | case |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 leave | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 maths | punct |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 maths | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 maths | cop |
| 17 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 maths | amod |
| 18 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 leave | obl |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 maths | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Classmate with no religion | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | infinitive | 99 sheep | for 1 | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme for 1=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | that | bad maths | 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.
Sentence 2: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The 99 were already sold at the market
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 99 | det |
| 2 | 99 | 99 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sold | aux:pass |
| 4 | already | already | ADV | _ | 5 sold | advmod |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 market | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 market | det |
| 8 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past · passive | the 99 | the market | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at market=Asset |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The story shows every single person matters to God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 person | det |
| 5 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 person | amod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 matters | nsubj |
| 7 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shows | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 God | case |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 matters | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the story | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | matter | present | every single person | God | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to god=Experiencer |
Option 3
The one sheep was made of gold
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 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sheep | compound |
| 3 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the one sheep | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Shepherds always lost more sheep than they ever found again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shepherds | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 lost | advmod |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 sheep | amod |
| 5 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lost | obj |
| 6 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 9 found | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 found | nsubj |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 found | advmod |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | advcl |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 found | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | Shepherds | more sheep | always property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | find | past | Shepherds = shepherd | ever; again | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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