Test 5 · Noah and the Tower of Babel
Your friend sees an anti-war poster with a dove holding a twig and asks why. What do you tell her?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, anti-war poster, you · What happens: see, hold, ask, tell · To what, where: anti-war poster, twig, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Your friend sees an anti-war poster with a dove holding a twig and asks why.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 poster | det |
| 5 | anti-war | anti-war | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 poster | amod |
| 6 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sees | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 dove | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dove | det |
| 9 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 poster | nmod |
| 10 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 poster | acl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 twig | det |
| 12 | twig | twig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 holding | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 asks | cc |
| 14 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sees | conj |
| 15 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 asks | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Your friend | a anti-war poster | with a dove | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poster=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | hold | gerund | a anti-war poster not said here | a twig | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twig=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | Your friend not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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: What do 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 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres 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 | present · do-support | you | friend | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Doves are the fastest birds in war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doves | dove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 birds | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 birds | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 birds | det |
| 4 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 birds | amod |
| 5 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 war | case |
| 7 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 birds | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Doves | the fastest birds | war | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The dove with an olive branch has stood for peace since Noah's story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dove | det |
| 2 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stood | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 branch | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 branch | det |
| 5 | olive | olive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 branch | amod |
| 6 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dove | nmod |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stood | aux |
| 8 | stood | stand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 peace | case |
| 10 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stood | obl |
| 11 | since | since | ADP | _ | 14 story | case |
| 12 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 story | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Noah | case |
| 14 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stood | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present · perfect · passive | the dove with a olive branch | since Noah's story | for peace | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for peace=Attribute |
Option 3
Soldiers keep doves as pets in their camps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | doves | dove | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 pets | case |
| 5 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 camps | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 camps | nmod:poss |
| 8 | camps | camp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Soldiers | doves | Soldiers's camps | as pets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dove=Theme in camp=Location |
Option 4
It is a poster about saving trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 poster | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 poster | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 poster | det |
| 4 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 saving | mark |
| 6 | saving | save | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 poster | acl |
| 7 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 saving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a poster | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | save | gerund | a poster not said here | trees | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |
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