Test 10 · ★ · Sunday school, youth groups and charity
The judge asks: "Your class wants to help a food bank. What is a sensible first step?"
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, class · What happens: ask, want, help, be · To what, where: food bank, sensible first step · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 27 «Sunday school, youth groups and charity» 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: The judge asks: "Your class wants to help a food bank.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 wants | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 wants | punct |
| 6 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 class | nmod:poss |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wants | nsubj |
| 8 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 help | mark |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wants | xcomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bank | det |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bank | compound |
| 13 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 help | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | the judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | want in a quote | present | Your class | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | help not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Your class not said here | a food bank | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Beneficiary |
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 is a sensible first step?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 step | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 step | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 step | det |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 step | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 step | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a sensible first step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Give money to the first person you meet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 person | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 person | amod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 meet | nsubj |
| 8 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 person | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | money | the first person | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to person=Recipient | |||
| 2 | meet | present | you | the first person not said here | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Bring only sweets because children like them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 sweets | advmod |
| 3 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Bring | obj |
| 4 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 5 children | case |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Bring | obl |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 children | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | imperative | you not said here | sweets | because children like children | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme |
Option 3
Bring whatever is left in the cupboard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 left | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 left | aux:pass |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Bring | ccomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cupboard | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cupboard | det |
| 7 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | leave | present · passive | whatever | the cupboard | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cupboard=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ask the food bank what it needs most
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bank | det |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bank | compound |
| 4 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 needs | obj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 needs | nsubj |
| 7 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 8 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the food bank | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent bank=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | need | present | bank | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
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