Test 4 · The church year

Sam got ashes on his head at church and his mate said "you've got muck on ur face lol". What was it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, mate, you · What happens: get, say, be · To what, where: ashes, head, muck, face · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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

Sentence 1: Sam got ashes on his head at church and his mate said "you've got muck on ur face lol".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 head	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 church	case
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mate	nmod:poss
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 got	punct
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
15	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 got	aux
16	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 said	ccomp
17	muck	muck	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 got	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 face	case
19	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 face	nmod:poss
20	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 got	obl
21	lol	lol	INTJ	_	16 got	discourse
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 got	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	past	Sam	ashes	Sam's head	at church	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ash=Theme on head=Source
2	say speech: assert	past	Sam's mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	present · perfect	you	muck	ur's face		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent muck=Theme on face=Source

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 was it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 it	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 What	nsubj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		muck					tree rules

The options

Option 1

A mark from Palm Sunday showing that he had waved a palm branch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mark	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showing	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 Sunday	case
4	Palm	Palm	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Sunday	compound
5	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mark	nmod
6	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 waved	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 waved	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 waved	aux
10	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 showing	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 branch	det
12	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 branch	compound
13	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	gerund	a mark from Palm Sunday						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wave	past · perfect	mark	a palm branch					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Patient

Option 2

A sign that he has been baptised that morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 baptised	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 baptised	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 baptised	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 baptised	aux:pass
7	baptised	baptise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sign	acl:relcl
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 morning	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 baptised	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	baptise	present · perfect · passive		he			morning		tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A cross of ashes for Ash Wednesday, a sign of saying sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cross	det
2	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 ashes	case
4	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cross	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 Wednesday	case
6	Ash	Ash	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Wednesday	compound
7	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ashes	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sign	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sign	det
10	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cross	conj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 saying	mark
12	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 sign	acl
13	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 saying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	gerund	a sign not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A mark you get at Harvest for bringing food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mark	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 Harvest	case
6	Harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 bringing	mark
8	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 get	advcl
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bringing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	you	a mark		Harvest			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	bring	gerund	you not said here	food					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme

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