Test 11 · ★ · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel
Judge's follow-up: "Cain broke the worst rule. Why not let anyone take revenge on him?"
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: follow up, you, anyone · What happens: break, not let, take · To what, where: worst rule, anyone, revenge
This is test 11 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Judge's follow-up: "Cain broke the worst rule.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judge | Judge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 up | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Judge | case |
| 3 | follow | follow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 up | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broke | nsubj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 broke | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 broke | punct |
| 8 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 broke | nsubj |
| 9 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rule | det |
| 11 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 rule | amod |
| 12 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broke | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | past | Judge's follow up | the worst rule | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient |
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: Why not let anyone take revenge on him?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 let | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 let | advmod |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 take | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not let | imperative | you not said here | anyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | anyone not said here | revenge | on up | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on he=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Because revenge would only start a chain of more killing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 start | mark |
| 2 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 start | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 start | aux |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 start | advmod |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chain | det |
| 7 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 start | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 killing | case |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 killing | amod |
| 10 | killing | killing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chain | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | would | revenge | a chain of more killing | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Eventuality |
Option 2
Because Cain had done nothing wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 done | mark |
| 2 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 done | obj |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 done | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | Cain | nothing | wrong property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
Option 3
Because God did not see what happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 2 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past · do-support | God | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Because nobody else lived near Cain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 lived | mark |
| 2 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | else | else | ADV | _ | 2 nobody | advmod |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 Cain | case |
| 6 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | nobody | Cain | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near cain=Location |
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