Test 5 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount
Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her own room is a tip. Which teaching fits?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, friend, own room, teaching · What happens: keep, tell, be, fit · To what, where: everyone, tip · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her own room is a tip.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 telling | iobj |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 messy | advmod |
| 7 | messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 telling | ccomp |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friend | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 messy | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 messy | cop |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 tip | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 tip | cc |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 room | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 room | amod |
| 15 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tip | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 tip | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 tip | det |
| 18 | tip | tip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Your sister | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | Your sister not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | sister's friend | messy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | sister's own room | a tip | 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 teaching fits?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 teaching | det |
| 2 | teaching | teaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fits | nsubj |
| 3 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | which teaching | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
You are the light of the world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 light | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 light | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 light | det |
| 4 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 world | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 world | det |
| 7 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 light | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | the light | of the world | tree rules |
Option 2
Store up treasure in heaven, not on earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Store | store | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Store | compound:prt |
| 3 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Store | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 heaven | case |
| 5 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Store | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 earth | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 earth | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 earth | case |
| 9 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Store | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store up | imperative | you not said here | treasure | heaven | on earth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme in heaven=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Take the plank out of your own eye first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 plank | det |
| 3 | plank | plank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 eye | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 eye | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 eye | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 eye | amod |
| 8 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | the plank | your own eye | first property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent plank=Theme out eye=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Blessed are those who mourn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blessed | bless | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 those | advcl |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Blessed | cop |
| 3 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 mourn | nsubj |
| 5 | mourn | mourn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 those | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | bless property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mourn | present | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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