Test 2 · Noah and the Tower of Babel
Everyone at the party is laughing at a new girl. You don't join in and they call you boring. Which Bible person does this remind you of?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Everyone, You, they, Bible person · What happens: laugh, not join in, call, person, remind · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: Everyone at the party is laughing at a new girl.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 laughing | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 party | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 party | det |
| 4 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Everyone | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 laughing | aux |
| 6 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 girl | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 girl | amod |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 laughing | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 laughing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present · progressive | Everyone | at a new girl | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: You don't join in and they call you boring.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 join | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 join | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 join | advmod |
| 4 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 join | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 call | cc |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 call | nsubj |
| 8 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 join | conj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 call | obj |
| 10 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 call | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 join | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not join in | present · do-support | You | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | call | present | they | you | boring property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
Sentence 3: Which Bible person does this remind you of?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 person | nsubj |
| 2 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 person | compound |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 remind | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 remind | aux |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 remind | nsubj |
| 6 | remind | remind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 remind | iobj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 remind | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 remind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | person | tree rules | |||||||
| 2 | remind speech: other | present · do-support | Bible person | you | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Cain, who was jealous of his brother because God liked his gift
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 jealous | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 jealous | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 jealous | cop |
| 5 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Cain | amod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 brother | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 brother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jealous | obl |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 liked | mark |
| 10 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 liked | nsubj |
| 11 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 jealous | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 gift | nmod:poss |
| 13 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 liked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Cain | of Cain's brother; jealous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | like | past | God | God's gift | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gift=Theme | ||||
| 3 | gift | God | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Noah, who did right while everyone else did wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 did | advmod |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 did | mark |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 did | nsubj |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 everyone | advmod |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | advcl |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 did | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Noah | right property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | past | everyone | wrong property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The serpent in the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 serpent | det |
| 2 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 garden | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 garden | det |
| 5 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 serpent | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The builders of the Tower of Babel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 builders | det |
| 2 | builders | builder | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Tower | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Tower | det |
| 5 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 builders | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Babel | case |
| 7 | Babel | Babel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Tower | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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