Test 5 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
My brother copied my homework and got a gold star, and he goes "ha, I won". What does Jacob's story say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, I, story · What happens: copy, get, go, win, say · To what, where: homework, gold star · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: My brother copied my homework and got a gold star, and he goes "ha, I won".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 copied | nsubj |
| 3 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 homework | nmod:poss |
| 5 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 copied | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 copied | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 star | det |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 star | compound |
| 10 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 goes | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 goes | cc |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 goes | nsubj |
| 14 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 copied | parataxis |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 won | punct |
| 16 | ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 19 won | discourse |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 won | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 won | nsubj |
| 19 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 goes | parataxis |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 won | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 copied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | past | My brother | my homework | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past | My brother not said here | a gold star | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | go | present | brother | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | win in a quote | past | I | vn succeed-74-2 «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 does Jacob's story say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 story | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Jacob | case |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Jacob's story | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Cheating only matters if a teacher sees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 matters | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matters | advmod |
| 3 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 sees | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sees | nsubj |
| 7 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 matters | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | Cheating | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | a teacher | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Cheating may win for a while but breaks trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 win | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 win | aux |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 while | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 while | det |
| 6 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 win | obl |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 breaks | cc |
| 8 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 win | conj |
| 9 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 breaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | may | Cheating | while | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | break | present | Cheating not said here | trust | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He was right, winning the gold star is all that matters
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 winning | punct |
| 5 | winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 right | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 star | det |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 star | compound |
| 8 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 winning | obj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 matters | cop |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 matters | det:predet |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 matters | nsubj |
| 12 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 winning | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | win | gerund | He not said here | the gold star | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is | present | that | matter property | tree rules |
Option 4
Cheating is fine if it gets you a prize
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 gets | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prize | det |
| 9 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cheating | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get a condition, not said to happen | present | Cheating | a prize | you | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary prize=Theme |
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