Test 2 · ★ · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel
"It wasn't me, it was HIM!" your brother shouts when the vase breaks. Which Bible scene is he copying?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, brother, vase · What happens: not be, be, shout, break, copy · To what, where: brother, HIM · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: "It wasn't me, it was HIM!" your brother shouts when the vase breaks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 me | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 me | cop |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 me | advmod |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 shouts | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 HIM | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 HIM | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 HIM | cop |
| 9 | HIM | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 me | conj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 brother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 shouts | nsubj |
| 14 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 breaks | advmod |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 vase | det |
| 17 | vase | vase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 breaks | nsubj |
| 18 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 shouts | advcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | past | It | your brother = brother | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | it | HIM = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | present | your brother | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | break | present | the vase | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Which Bible scene is he copying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 copying | nsubj |
| 2 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 scene | compound |
| 3 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 copying | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 copying | aux |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 copying | nsubj |
| 6 | copying | copy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 copying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present · progressive | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Adam blaming Eve and Eve blaming the serpent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam | Adam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 blaming | nsubj |
| 2 | blaming | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 Eve | amod |
| 3 | Eve | Eve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Adam | flat |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Eve | cc |
| 5 | Eve | Eve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Adam | conj |
| 6 | blaming | blame | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 serpent | det |
| 8 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blaming | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | gerund | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | blame | gerund | Adam and Eve | the serpent | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
God resting on the seventh day after making all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | resting | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 God | acl |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 5 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 day | amod |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 resting | obl |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 making | mark |
| 8 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 resting | advcl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | gerund | God not said here | day | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | gerund | God not said here | all | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset all=Product |
Option 3
Joseph forgiving his brothers in Egypt at last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 forgiving | nsubj |
| 2 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 forgiving | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Egypt | case |
| 6 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 forgiving | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 last | case |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 forgiving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | gerund | Joseph | Joseph's brothers | Egypt | at last | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |
Option 4
Noah sending out the dove to look for dry land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sending | nsubj |
| 2 | sending | send | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 sending | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dove | det |
| 5 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sending | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 look | mark |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sending | advcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 land | case |
| 9 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 land | amod |
| 10 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send out | gerund | Noah | the dove | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | Noah not said here | for dry land | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for land=Theme |
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