Test 7 · ★★ · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los…
Jewish classmate: «Wasn't the lawyer in the story asking a real question from our law?» Best reply?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lawyer · What happens: not be, ask · To what, where: lawyer, story, real question, law
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Jewish classmate: «Wasn't the lawyer in the story asking a real question from our law?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jewish | Jewish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 classmate | amod |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 classmate | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 lawyer | punct |
| 5 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lawyer | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 lawyer | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lawyer | det |
| 8 | lawyer | lawyer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 classmate | appos |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 story | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 story | det |
| 11 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lawyer | nmod |
| 12 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 lawyer | acl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 question | det |
| 14 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 question | amod |
| 15 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 asking | obj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 law | case |
| 17 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 law | nmod:poss |
| 18 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 question | nmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 lawyer | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 lawyer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | past | the lawyer | the story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask in a quote | gerund | the lawyer not said here | a real question | our law | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
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 reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 reply | amod |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, «love your neighbour» is in the Hebrew Bible too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 love | punct |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 6 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 love | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 love | punct |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 Bible | cop |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Bible | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Bible | det |
| 11 | Hebrew | Hebrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Bible | compound |
| 12 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 love | parataxis |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 love | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love in a quote | imperative | you not said here | your neighbour | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the Hebrew Bible | tree rules |
Option 2
No, the lawyer was a Roman judge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 judge | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lawyer | det |
| 4 | lawyer | lawyer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 judge | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 judge | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 judge | det |
| 7 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 judge | amod |
| 8 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the lawyer | a Roman judge | tree rules |
Option 3
No, Jews have no rule about neighbours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 3 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 rule | det |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 neighbours | case |
| 8 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rule | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Jews | no rule | about neighbours | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, but Jesus said that part of the law was wrong and old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 4 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 wrong | mark |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wrong | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 law | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 law | det |
| 10 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 part | nmod |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 wrong | cop |
| 12 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | ccomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 old | cc |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wrong | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Jesus | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | part of the law | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | part of the law not said here | tree rules |
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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