Test 10 · Noah and the Tower of Babel
Olympiad judge: "In the Bible, why is God's covenant important for how people trust him?"
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: be, trust · To what, where: covenant, God
This is test 10 of lesson 3 «Noah and the Tower of Babel» 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 | Olympiad | olympiad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 judge | compound |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 Bible | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Bible | punct |
| 5 | In | in | ADP | _ | 7 Bible | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Bible | det |
| 7 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 judge | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 covenant | punct |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 covenant | advmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 covenant | cop |
| 11 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 covenant | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 God | case |
| 13 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Bible | appos |
| 14 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 covenant | amod |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 18 trust | mark |
| 16 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 trust | advmod |
| 17 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 trust | nsubj |
| 18 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 important | advcl |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 trust | obj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 covenant | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 covenant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | God's covenant | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | trust in a quote | present | people | God | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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
Covenants are just old contracts with no real meaning for people today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covenants | covenant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 contracts | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 contracts | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 contracts | advmod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 contracts | amod |
| 5 | contracts | contract | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 meaning | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 meaning | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 meaning | amod |
| 9 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 contracts | nmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 meaning | nmod |
| 12 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 contracts | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Covenants | old contracts | today | with no real meaning for people | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Faith is a relationship built on promises God keeps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 relationship | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 relationship | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 relationship | det |
| 4 | relationship | relationship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 relationship | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 promises | case |
| 7 | promises | promise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 built | obl |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 keeps | nsubj |
| 9 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 promises | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Faith | a relationship | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | build | participle | a relationship not said here | promises | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on promise=Source | ||||
| 3 | keep | present | God | promises not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
Option 3
A covenant means God never asks anything of people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 covenant | det |
| 2 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 asks | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 asks | advmod |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 asks | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 anything | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a covenant | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not ask speech: ask | present | God | anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
People only trust God when they are scared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 trust | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 trust | advmod |
| 3 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 trust | obj |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 scared | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 scared | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 scared | cop |
| 8 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 trust | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | present | People | God | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | People | scared property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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