Test 2 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount
«Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's chanting.» What would a peacemaker do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two lads, everyone, peacemaker · What happens: be, fight, chant, do · To what, where: bike shed
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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: «Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's chanting.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 about | punct |
| 2 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 lads | nummod |
| 3 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 about | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 about | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fight | mark |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 about | xcomp |
| 8 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 11 shed | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shed | det |
| 10 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shed | compound |
| 11 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 chanting | cc |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 15 chanting | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 chanting | aux |
| 15 | chanting | chant | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 shed | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 about | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 about | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Two lads | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight in a quote | to-infinitive | Two lads not said here | the bike shed | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | chant in a quote | present · progressive | everyone | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 would a peacemaker do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 peacemaker | det |
| 4 | peacemaker | peacemaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a peacemaker | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Film it to show everyone later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Film | film | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Film | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 show | mark |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Film | xcomp |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 show | obj |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 show | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | you not said here | everyone | late property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Try to calm it down and get an adult if needed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 calm | mark |
| 3 | calm | calm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Try | xcomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 calm | obj |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 calm | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 get | cc |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 calm | conj |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 adult | det |
| 9 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 needed | mark |
| 11 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 get | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | imperative | you not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | calm down not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | need a condition, not said to happen | participle | you not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 3
Walk away and say nothing to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 anyone | case |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | nothing | anyone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to anyone=Recipient |
Option 4
Join the chanting so as not to look soft
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Join | join | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chanting | det |
| 3 | chanting | chanting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Join | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 1 Join | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 look | mark |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 look | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 look | mark |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Join | advcl |
| 9 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 look | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | imperative | you not said here | the chanting | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chanting=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not look | to-infinitive | you not said here | soft property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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