Test 10 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Olympiad judge: "Why might Jacob have been given the name Israel after wrestling all night?"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: give, wrestle · To what, where: name

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Abraham, Isaac and Jacob» 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	_	10 given	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 given	punct
5	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 given	advmod
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 given	aux
7	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 might	flat
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 given	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 given	aux:pass
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 judge	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 name	det
12	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obj
13	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 name	appos
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 wrestling	mark
15	wrestling	wrestle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 given	advcl
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wrestling	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 judge	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 judge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	might · perfect · passive		the name					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: name=Theme
2	wrestle in a quote	gerund					night		vn battle-36.4-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

He wanted to hide from Esau with a new name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hide	mark
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Esau	case
6	Esau	Esau	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 name	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 name	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 name	amod
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			Esau		with a new name	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from esau=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Struggling honestly with God is part of faith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Struggling	struggle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 part	csubj
2	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	1 Struggling	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 God	case
4	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Struggling	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 part	cop
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 faith	case
8	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	struggle	gerund						with God; honestly property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with god=Co-Agent
2	is a	present	Struggling	part				of faith	tree rules

Option 3

He won a fighting competition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 competition	det
4	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 competition	compound
5	competition	competition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	He	a fighting competition					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Eventuality

Option 4

His old name was too hard to say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 name	nmod:poss
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 name	amod
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hard	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hard	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 hard	advmod
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 say	mark
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hard	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	His old name	hard property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	His old name not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	name		His = he		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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