Test 11 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion
A judge asks, «What should Pilate have done?» Which answer is best reasoned?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, Pilate · What happens: ask, do, reason · To what, where: answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» 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: A judge asks, «What should Pilate have done?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 done | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 done | punct |
| 6 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 done | obj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 done | aux |
| 8 | Pilate | Pilate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 done | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 done | aux |
| 10 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 done | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | should · perfect | Pilate | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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 answer is best reasoned?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reasoned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reasoned | aux:pass |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reasoned | amod |
| 5 | reasoned | reason | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reasoned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reason | present · passive | which answer | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Punished the crowd for shouting at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 crowd | amod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crowd | det |
| 3 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 shouting | mark |
| 5 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 crowd | acl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | participle | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | gerund | the Punished crowd not said here | at him = he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Released Jesus, since he found no fault, even if the crowd was angry
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Released | release | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 found | advcl |
| 2 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Released | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 found | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 6 found | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 found | nsubj |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 fault | det |
| 8 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 found | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 angry | punct |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 15 angry | advmod |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 angry | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crowd | det |
| 13 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 angry | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 angry | cop |
| 15 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 found | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | participle | Jesus not said here | Jesus | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer jesus=Source | ||||
| 2 | find | past | Jesus | no fault | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | the crowd | angry property | tree rules |
Option 3
Done what the crowd wanted, since crowds are always right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 wanted | obj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 crowd | det |
| 4 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Done | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Done | punct |
| 7 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 11 right | mark |
| 8 | crowds | crowd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 right | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 right | cop |
| 10 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 right | advmod |
| 11 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Done | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | want | past | the crowd | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | present | crowds | always, right property | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing, because it was not his business at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 business | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 business | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 business | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 business | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 business | advmod |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 business | nmod:poss |
| 8 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | appos |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 business | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | it | his business | all | tree rules |
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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