Test 2 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love
«that kid was a proper bully last year, he'll never change, no chance». Which story makes you think again?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, story, you · What happens: be, not change, make, think · To what, where: proper bully, you
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: «that kid was a proper bully last year, he'll never change, no chance».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 kid | punct |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 kid | det |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bully | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 bully | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bully | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bully | amod |
| 7 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 year | amod |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bully | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bully | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 change | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 change | aux |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 change | advmod |
| 14 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 bully | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 chance | punct |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 chance | det |
| 17 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bully | parataxis |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 chance | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bully | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | that kid | a proper bully | year | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not change in a quote | future | kid | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 story makes you think again?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 think | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | which story | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | infinitive | you not said here | again | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pilate, who went along with the shouting crowd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilate | Pilate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | along | along | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 crowd | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 crowd | det |
| 8 | shouting | shouting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crowd | compound |
| 9 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go along | past | Pilate | with the shouting crowd; along property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with crowd=Beneficiary |
Option 2
The traders whose tables were overturned in the Temple
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 traders | det |
| 2 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 overturned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 4 tables | nmod:poss |
| 4 | tables | table | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 overturned | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 overturned | aux:pass |
| 6 | overturned | overturn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Temple | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Temple | det |
| 9 | Temple | Temple | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 overturned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overturn | past · passive | the traders | the Temple | tree rules |
Option 3
Judas, who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judas | Judas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 betrayed | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 betrayed | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 betrayed | nsubj |
| 4 | betrayed | betray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Jesus | Jesus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 betrayed | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 pieces | case |
| 7 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 pieces | nummod |
| 8 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 betrayed | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 silver | case |
| 10 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pieces | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betray | past | Judas | Jesus | for thirty pieces of silver | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Saul, who hunted Christians and became Paul
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hunted | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hunted | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 hunted | nsubj |
| 4 | hunted | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 hunted | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 became | cc |
| 7 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hunted | conj |
| 8 | Paul | Paul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 became | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | past | Saul | Christians | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christian=Theme | ||||
| 2 | become | past | Saul not said here | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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