Test 3 · The church year

why's it called pancake day anyway

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: call · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 called	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	nsubj:pass
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	pancake	pancake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 day	compound
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 called	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		it				anyway property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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.

The options

Option 1

Pancakes stand for the round crown of thorns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stand	nsubj
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 crown	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crown	det
5	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crown	amod
6	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 thorns	case
8	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crown	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	Pancakes					for the round crown of thorns	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for crown=Attribute
2	crown			thorns					nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The wise men brought pancakes to Jesus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 men	det
2	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 men	amod
3	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Jesus	case
7	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the wise men	pancakes	Jesus				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pancake=Theme to jesus=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

People used up eggs and butter the day before Lent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 used	compound:prt
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 butter	cc
6	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eggs	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obl:unmarked
9	before	before	ADP	_	10 Lent	case
10	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use up	past	People	eggs and butter			before Lent; day		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Jesus ate pancakes at the Last Supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ate	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 Supper	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Supper	det
6	Last	Last	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Supper	flat
7	Supper	Supper	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Jesus	pancakes		the Last Supper			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pancake=Patient

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