Test 1 · ★ · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel
my mate says Eve ate an apple, it's in the Bible. is it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Eve · What happens: say, eat, be · To what, where: apple, Bible · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2 «Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Eve | Eve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ate | nsubj |
| 5 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 apple | det |
| 7 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ate | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Bible | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 Bible | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 Bible | cop |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Bible | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Bible | det |
| 13 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ate | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 it | cop |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 says | parataxis |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | eat | past | Eve | a apple | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | mate | the Bible | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | Bible | 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.
The options
Option 1
No, it was a banana in the Bible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 banana | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 banana | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 banana | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 banana | det |
| 6 | banana | banana | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Bible | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Bible | det |
| 9 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 banana | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a banana | the Bible | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it clearly says it was a big red apple from a tree by the river
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 says | nsubj |
| 4 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 5 says | advmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 apple | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 apple | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 apple | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 apple | amod |
| 10 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 apple | amod |
| 11 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | ccomp |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 tree | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 tree | det |
| 14 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 apple | nmod |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 river | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 river | det |
| 17 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 apple | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | it | clearly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a big red apple | a tree | by the river | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, the Bible just says fruit; the apple came later from paintings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Bible | det |
| 4 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 says | advmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 apple | det |
| 10 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | ccomp |
| 12 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 came | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 paintings | case |
| 14 | paintings | painting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the Bible | fruit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the apple | paintings | late property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from painting=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, and Adam ate a pear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 ate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ate | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 ate | cc |
| 4 | Adam | Adam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ate | nsubj |
| 5 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pear | det |
| 7 | pear | pear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | Adam | a pear | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pear=Patient |
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