Test 11 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love
Your friend says Paul gave up when he was shipwrecked and beaten. What does the story say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Paul, story · What happens: say, give up, shipwreck, beat · To what, where: Paul · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Paul, his letters and the way of love» 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 friend says Paul gave up when he was shipwrecked and beaten.
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Paul | Paul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 gave | compound:prt |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 shipwrecked | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 shipwrecked | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 shipwrecked | aux:pass |
| 10 | shipwrecked | shipwreck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 gave | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 beaten | cc |
| 12 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 shipwrecked | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give up | past | Paul | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | shipwreck | past · passive | Paul | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | beat | participle | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What does the story say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 story | det |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the story | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
He stopped believing in Jesus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stopped | nsubj |
| 2 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | believing | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 stopped | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Jesus | case |
| 5 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 believing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | He | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | believe | gerund | He not said here | Jesus | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
He became a sailor instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 became | nsubj |
| 2 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sailor | det |
| 4 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 became | xcomp |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 2 became | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | He | a sailor | instead property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
He went home to Tarsus and never travelled again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Tarsus | case |
| 5 | Tarsus | Tarsus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 travelled | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 travelled | advmod |
| 8 | travelled | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 travelled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | Tarsus | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tarsus=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | not travel | past | He not said here | again | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He kept going and kept starting churches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 kept | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 kept | cc |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 kept | conj |
| 6 | starting | start | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 kept | xcomp |
| 7 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 starting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | He not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | keep | past | He not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | start | gerund | He not said here | churches | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Eventuality |
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