Test 11 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Judge's follow-up: "Esau had every reason for revenge. Why is his hug the stronger choice?"
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Esau, hug, Judge · What happens: have, be, hug · To what, where: reason, stronger choice
This is test 11 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Judge's follow-up: "Esau had every reason for revenge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judge | Judge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 up | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Judge | case |
| 3 | follow | follow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 up | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 had | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 had | punct |
| 8 | Esau | Esau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 had | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 up | acl:relcl |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 reason | det |
| 11 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 revenge | case |
| 13 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 reason | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | Esau | every reason | for revenge | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
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: Why is his hug the stronger choice?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 choice | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 choice | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hug | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 choice | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 choice | det |
| 6 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 choice | amod |
| 7 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 choice | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 choice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Judge's hug | the stronger choice | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hug | Judge | nom hug «act transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Revenge would have kept the family broken; forgiveness healed it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 kept | aux |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 broken | nsubj |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 healed | punct |
| 9 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 healed | nsubj |
| 10 | healed | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 healed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | would · perfect · passive | Revenge | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | break | participle | the family | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | heal | past | forgiveness | family | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
Because Esau had forgotten what happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 forgotten | mark |
| 2 | Esau | Esau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 forgotten | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgotten | aux |
| 4 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 happened | advcl |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past · perfect | Esau | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Because forgiveness means just pretending nothing had ever gone wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 pretending | advmod |
| 5 | pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | ccomp |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 gone | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 gone | aux |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 gone | advmod |
| 9 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 pretending | ccomp |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gone | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | forgiveness | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | pretend | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | go | past · perfect | nothing | ever | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Because Jacob had paid him a lot of money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 paid | mark |
| 2 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | aux |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 paid | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lot | det |
| 7 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 money | case |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lot | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past · perfect · passive | Jacob | tree rules |
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