Test 3 · Noah and the Tower of Babel
Ahmed, who is Muslim, says: "We have Noah too, we call him Nuh." What is a good reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ahmed, We · What happens: be, say, have, call · To what, where: Noah, good reply · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Ahmed, who is Muslim, says: "We have Noah too, we call him Nuh."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Muslim | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 Muslim | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Muslim | cop |
| 5 | Muslim | Muslim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ahmed | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ahmed | punct |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| 10 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 have | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | ccomp |
| 12 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 have | obj |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 have | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 call | punct |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 call | nsubj |
| 16 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 have | conj |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 call | obj |
| 18 | Nuh | Nuh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 call | xcomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ahmed | muslim property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Ahmed | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | We | Noah | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noah=Patient | ||||
| 4 | call in a quote | present | we | Noah | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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 good reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reply | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reply | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reply | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nuh must be a completely different person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuh | nuh | INTJ | _ | 7 person | discourse |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 person | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 5 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 6 different | advmod |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 person | amod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must | a different person | tree rules |
Option 2
No, Noah is only in the Bible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 Bible | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Bible | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Bible | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 Bible | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Bible | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Bible | det |
| 8 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Noah | the Bible | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That's right, Noah is honoured in Islam as well as in the Bible
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 honoured | punct |
| 5 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 honoured | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 honoured | aux:pass |
| 7 | honoured | honour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Islam | case |
| 9 | Islam | Islam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 honoured | obl |
| 10 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 7 honoured | advmod |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 as | fixed |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 as | fixed |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Bible | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Bible | det |
| 15 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 honoured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | honour | present · passive | Noah | Islam | in the Bible | tree rules |
Option 4
Muslims made Noah up later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muslims | Muslim | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 made | compound:prt |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past | Muslims | Noah | late property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme noah=Pivot |
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