Test 4 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

New kid sits alone at lunch, my mate goes "ignore him, we don't know him." what would Abraham do

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: New kid, mate, we, Abraham · What happens: sit, go, ignore, not know, do · To what, where: lunch, mate

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	New	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kid	amod
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	nsubj
3	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 sits	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 lunch	case
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 goes	punct
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mate	nmod:poss
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goes	nsubj
10	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sits	conj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 ignore	punct
12	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 goes	xcomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ignore	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 know	punct
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 know	nsubj
16	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 know	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 know	advmod
18	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ignore	conj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 know	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 ignore	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 ignore	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 do	obj
23	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 do	aux
24	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 do	nsubj
25	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ignore	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	present	New kid		lunch	alone property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at lunch=Location
2	go	present	my mate				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	ignore in a quote	infinitive	my mate not said here	mate			tree rules
4	not know in a quote	present · do-support	we	mate			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
5	do	would	Abraham				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Ask him to pay for a seat first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 seat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 seat	det
7	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 pay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					for a seat; first property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for seat=Theme

Option 2

Wait till a teacher says he's alright, then maybe talk to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	till	till	SCONJ	_	5 says	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 alright	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 alright	cop
8	alright	alright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 talk	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 talk	advmod
11	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	12 talk	advmod
12	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	a teacher				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	teacher			alright property	tree rules
4	talk	infinitive		teacher	then	maybe property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent

Option 3

Ignore him, strangers are trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 trouble	punct
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 trouble	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	is a	present	strangers	trouble					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Welcome him, as Abraham welcomed the three strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Welcome	welcome	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Welcome	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 welcomed	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 welcomed	mark
5	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 welcomed	nsubj
6	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Welcome	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 strangers	det
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 strangers	nummod
9	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 welcomed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	welcome	past	Abraham	the three strangers					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme

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