Test 2 · ★★★ · Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more
You're scared to try out for the school play in case you're rubbish. Which parable speaks to that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, parable · What happens: be, try out, speak · To what, where: rubbish · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 15 «Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more» 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: You're scared to try out for the school play in case you're rubbish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 try | mark |
| 5 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 scared | xcomp |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 try | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 play | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 play | det |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | compound |
| 10 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 try | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 15 rubbish | case |
| 12 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 in | fixed |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 rubbish | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 rubbish | cop |
| 15 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | try out | to-infinitive | You not said here | for the school play | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for play=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | is | present | you | rubbish | 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: Which parable speaks to that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 parable | det |
| 2 | parable | parable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speaks | nsubj |
| 3 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 speaks | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 speaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | which parable | to that | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to that=Co-Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The lost coin: always search the house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 coin | det |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 coin | amod |
| 3 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 search | punct |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 search | advmod |
| 6 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 coin | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 search | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | search | infinitive | the lost coin not said here | the house | always property | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Location |
Option 2
The rich fool: it is wrong to ever store anything up for later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fool | det |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fool | amod |
| 3 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrong | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wrong | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | cop |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fool | acl:relcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 store | mark |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 store | advmod |
| 10 | store | store | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wrong | advcl |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 store | obj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 store | compound:prt |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 later | case |
| 14 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 store | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fool | the rich fool not said here | wrong property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | store up | to-infinitive | fool not said here | anything | ever | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The buried talent: fear can stop us doing anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 talent | det |
| 2 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 talent | amod |
| 3 | talent | talent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 fear | punct |
| 5 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 talent | conj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stop | aux |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 stop | obj |
| 9 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 stop | xcomp |
| 10 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | participle | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | stop | can | the buried talent and fear | us | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | gerund | the buried talent and fear not said here | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 4
The pearl: sell everything you own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pearl | det |
| 2 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 sell | punct |
| 4 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 pearl | acl |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 sell | obj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 own | nsubj |
| 7 | own | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 everything | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | infinitive | the pearl not said here | everything | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | ||||
| 2 | own | present | you | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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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