Test 2 · ★★ · Churches of the English-speaking world II
My friend went to a Quaker meeting and said "nobody said anything for ages, was it broken?" What would you tell her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, nobody, you · What happens: go, say, break, tell · To what, where: anything, friend, her · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Churches of the English-speaking world II» 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 friend went to a Quaker meeting and said "nobody said anything for ages, was it broken?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 meeting | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 meeting | det |
| 6 | Quaker | quaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 meeting | compound |
| 7 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 said | cc |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 11 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 13 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 said | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 ages | case |
| 15 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 anything | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 broken | punct |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 broken | aux:pass |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 went | parataxis |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 19 broken | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | My friend | to a Quaker meeting | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | My friend not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | nobody | anything | for ages | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | |||
| 4 | break in a quote | past · passive | friend | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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 would you tell her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | would | you | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Quakers worship mostly in silence, waiting on God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quakers | quaker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 worship | nsubj |
| 2 | worship | worship | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 2 worship | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 silence | case |
| 5 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 worship | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 waiting | punct |
| 7 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 worship | advcl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 God | case |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 waiting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worship | present | Quakers | silence | mostly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | wait | gerund | Quakers not said here | on God | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on god=Location |
Option 2
The minister was ill so the service was cancelled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 minister | det |
| 2 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ill | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ill | cop |
| 4 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 cancelled | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 service | det |
| 7 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 9 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ill | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the minister | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cancel | past · passive | the service | tree rules |
Option 3
The band forgot their instruments that day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 band | det |
| 2 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forgot | nsubj |
| 3 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 instruments | nmod:poss |
| 5 | instruments | instrument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forgot | obj |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forgot | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | the band | their instruments | day | tree rules |
Option 4
Quakers are not allowed to speak in public ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quakers | quaker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 speak | mark |
| 6 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 public | case |
| 8 | public | public | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 speak | obl |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 speak | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Quakers | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | speak speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | Quakers not said here | public | ever | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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