Test 7 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount
Your cousin is up all night worrying about the new school. Which part of the sermon speaks to that?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, night, part · What happens: be, worry, speak · To what, where: night · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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 cousin is up all night worrying about the new school.
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 night | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 night | cop |
| 4 | up | up | ADV | _ | 6 night | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 night | det |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | worrying | worry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 night | acl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 school | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 school | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 school | amod |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 worrying | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 night | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Your cousin | all night | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | worry | gerund | all night not said here | about the new school | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about school=Stimulus |
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 part of the sermon speaks to that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 speaks | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sermon | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sermon | det |
| 5 | sermon | sermon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 part | nmod |
| 6 | speaks | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 that | case |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 speaks | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 speaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | which part of the sermon | to that | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to that=Co-Agent |
The options
Option 1
Salt that loses its taste is thrown out and trampled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt | salt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 loses | nsubj |
| 3 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Salt | acl:relcl |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 taste | nmod:poss |
| 5 | taste | taste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loses | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thrown | aux:pass |
| 7 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 thrown | compound:prt |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 trampled | cc |
| 10 | trampled | trample | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 thrown | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | Salt | Salt's taste | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | throw out | present · passive | Salt | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | trample | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | taste | Salt | nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Love your enemies and pray for them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love | love | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 3 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Love | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 pray | cc |
| 5 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Love | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pray | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | imperative | you not said here | your enemies | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enemy=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | pray | present | you not said here | for enemies = enemy | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for they=Theme |
Option 3
Take the plank out of your own eye
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 |
| # | 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 | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent plank=Theme out eye=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Do not worry; God cares for the birds and lilies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 worry | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 worry | advmod |
| 3 | worry | worry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 cares | punct |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 cares | nsubj |
| 6 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 worry | ccomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 birds | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 birds | det |
| 9 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cares | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lilies | cc |
| 11 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 birds | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not worry | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | care | present | God | for the birds and lilies | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for bird=Theme |
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