Test 1 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church
«my aunt's wedding, they said till death do us part, so they can't ever argue?» asks a little cousin. Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, little cousin · What happens: say, do, not argue, ask · To what, where: us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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: «my aunt's wedding, they said till death do us part, so they can't ever argue?» asks a little cousin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 3 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 aunt | case |
| 5 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 aunt | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 aunt | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 asks | advcl |
| 9 | till | till | ADP | _ | 10 death | case |
| 10 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 do | obl |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | ccomp |
| 12 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 do | obj |
| 13 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 do | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 argue | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 argue | advmod |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 argue | nsubj |
| 17 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 argue | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 argue | advmod |
| 19 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 argue | advmod |
| 20 | argue | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 do | parataxis |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 23 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 cousin | det |
| 25 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 cousin | amod |
| 26 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 asks | obj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask in a quote | past | my aunt and wedding | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present | us | till death | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not argue speech: disagree in a quote | can | aunt | ever | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | present | a little cousin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, the promise only lasts a few years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 lasts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 promise | det |
| 4 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lasts | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 lasts | advmod |
| 6 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 years | det |
| 8 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 years | amod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lasts | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | present | the promise | year | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The words are only old poetry, they mean nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 words | det |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 poetry | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 poetry | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 poetry | advmod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 poetry | amod |
| 6 | poetry | poetry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mean | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 mean | nsubj |
| 9 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 poetry | parataxis |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the words | old poetry | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | words = word | nothing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, married people are never allowed to argue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 allowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 allowed | aux:pass |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 allowed | advmod |
| 7 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 argue | mark |
| 9 | argue | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | participle | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | not allow | present · passive | married people | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | argue speech: disagree not said to happen | to-infinitive | married people not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They promise to stay faithful in good and bad times, arguments too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 promise | nsubj |
| 2 | promise | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stay | mark |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 promise | xcomp |
| 5 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stay | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 times | case |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 times | amod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bad | cc |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 good | conj |
| 10 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stay | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 arguments | punct |
| 12 | arguments | argument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 times | conj |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | present | They | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | time | faithful property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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