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Test 6 · ★★★ · Parables: the Talents, the Sower and more

Judge: «Was the landowner in the vineyard fair? Give both sides.» Best-reasoned answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: be, give, reason · To what, where: landowner, vineyard, sides, answer

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Judge: «Was the landowner in the vineyard fair?

nsubjpunctpunctcopdetapposcasedetnmodpunctrootJudgeNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTWasAUXtheDETlandownerNOUNinADPtheDETvineyardNOUNfairADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JudgejudgeNOUNNumber=Sing10 fairnsubj
2::PUNCT_6 landownerpunct
3««PUNCT_6 landownerpunct
4WasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 landownercop
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 landownerdet
6landownerlandownerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Judgeappos
7ininADP_9 vineyardcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 vineyarddet
9vineyardvineyardNOUNNumber=Sing6 landownernmod
10fairfairADJDegree=Posrootroot
11??PUNCT_10 fairpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepastthe landownerthe vineyardtree 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: Give both sides.»

detobjpunctpunctrootGiveVERBbothDETsidesNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GivegiveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2bothbothDETPronType=Tot3 sidesdet
3sidessideNOUNNumber=Plur1 Giveobj
4..PUNCT_1 Givepunct
5»»PUNCT_1 Givepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1giveimperativeyou not said hereboth sidesvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Sentence 3: Best-reasoned answer?

advmodpunctobjpunctrootBestADJ-PUNCTreasonedVERBanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BestgoodADJDegree=Sup3 reasonedadvmod
2--PUNCT_1 Bestpunct
3reasonedreasonVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing3 reasonedobj
5??PUNCT_3 reasonedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reasonparticipleanswervn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was unfair, so the story is just stupid

nsubjcoppunctadvmoddetnsubjcopadvmodconjrootItPRONwasAUXunfairADJ,PUNCTsoADVtheDETstoryNOUNisAUXjustADVstupidADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 unfairnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 unfaircop
3unfairunfairADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_10 stupidpunct
5sosoADV_10 stupidadvmod
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 storydet
7storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing10 stupidnsubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 stupidcop
9justjustADV_10 stupidadvmod
10stupidstupidADJDegree=Pos3 unfairconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastItunfair propertytree rules
2ispresentthe storystupid propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Early workers got the promised pay, but it felt unfair; the story is about generosity

The tree, 15 words
amodnsubjdetamodobjpunctccnsubjconjxcomppunctdetnsubjcopcaseoblrootEarlyADJworkersNOUNgotVERBtheDETpromisedVERBpayNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJitPRONfeltVERBunfairADJ;PUNCTtheDETstoryNOUNisAUXaboutADPgenerosityNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EarlyearlyADJDegree=Pos2 workersamod
2workersworkerNOUNNumber=Plur3 gotnsubj
3gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 paydet
5promisedpromiseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 payamod
6paypayNOUNNumber=Sing3 gotobj
7,,PUNCT_10 feltpunct
8butbutCCONJ_10 feltcc
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 feltnsubj
10feltfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 gotconj
11unfairunfairADJDegree=Pos10 feltxcomp
12;;PUNCT_17 generositypunct
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 storydet
14storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing17 generositynsubj
15isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 generositycop
16aboutaboutADP_17 generositycase
17generositygenerosityNOUNNumber=Sing3 gotobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpastEarly workersthe promised payvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pay=Stimulus
2promise speech: promiseparticiplevn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3feelpastpayunfair propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4ispresentthe storyabout generositytree rules

Option 3

It was fair, because the Bible says so, end of

explcoppunctmarkdetnsubjparataxisadvmodpunctparataxiscaserootItPRONwasAUXfairADJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJtheDETBiblePROPNsaysVERBsoADV,PUNCTendNOUNofADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 fairexpl
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 faircop
3fairfairADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 sayspunct
5becausebecauseSCONJ_8 saysmark
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Bibledet
7BibleBiblePROPNNumber=Sing8 saysnsubj
8sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 fairparataxis
9sosoADV_8 saysadvmod
10,,PUNCT_11 endpunct
11endendNOUNNumber=Sing3 fairparataxis
12ofofADP_11 endcase
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastfair propertytree rules
2say speech: assertpresentthe Biblevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The late workers were lazy so nobody should have paid them

detamodnsubjcopadvmodnsubj:passauxauxadvclobjrootTheDETlateADJworkersNOUNwereAUXlazyADJsoADVnobodyPRONshouldAUXhaveAUXpaidVERBthemPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 workersdet
2latelateADJDegree=Pos3 workersamod
3workersworkerNOUNNumber=Plur5 lazynsubj
4werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 lazycop
5lazylazyADJDegree=Posrootroot
6sosoADV_10 paidadvmod
7nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg10 paidnsubj:pass
8shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin10 paidaux
9havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf10 paidaux
10paidpayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 lazyadvcl
11themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 paidobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe late workerslazy propertytree rules
2payshould · perfect · passivenobodyvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient they=Asset

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