Test 8 · ★★ · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los…
«Repent» sounds scary, says Lily. What does it actually mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Repent, Lily · What happens: sound, say, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: «Repent» sounds scary, says Lily.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Repent | punct |
| 2 | Repent | repent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sounds | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Repent | punct |
| 4 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sounds | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sounds | conj |
| 8 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sounds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | Repent | scary property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Lily | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 does it actually mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Repent | actually property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Turning around: being sorry and changing your way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 sorry | csubj |
| 2 | around | around | ADV | _ | 1 Turning | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 sorry | punct |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 sorry | cop |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 changing | cc |
| 7 | changing | change | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 sorry | conj |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 way | nmod:poss |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 changing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn around | gerund | around property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | Turning | sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | change | gerund | Turning not said here | your way | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
Option 2
Saying the sorry words out loud but changing nothing at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 words | det |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Saying | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 loud | advmod |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 1 Saying | advmod |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 changing | cc |
| 8 | changing | change | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Saying | conj |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 changing | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 changing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | the sorry words | loud property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 2 | change | gerund | nothing | all | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
Option 3
Feeling bad forever without stopping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Feeling | xcomp |
| 3 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Feeling | advmod |
| 4 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 5 stopping | mark |
| 5 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Feeling | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | gerund | bad, forever property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | stop | gerund | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Being punished in front of everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 punished | aux:pass |
| 2 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 front | case |
| 4 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 punished | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | gerund · passive | front of everyone | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» |
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