Test 7 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Your little sister says: "Grandad was so mean to Dad years ago, they'll never make up." What story gives hope?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little sister, Grandad, they, story · What happens: say, mean, not make up, story, give · To what, where: hope · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Your little sister says: "Grandad was so mean to Dad years ago, they'll never make up."
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 | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| 7 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 mean | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 mean | aux |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 mean | advmod |
| 10 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 12 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 years | compound |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 10 mean | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 make | punct |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 make | nsubj |
| 17 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 make | aux |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 make | advmod |
| 19 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 mean | parataxis |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 make | compound:prt |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your little sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | past | Grandad | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not make up in a quote | future | they | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
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 story gives hope?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 story | nsubj |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | story | tree rules | |||||||
| 2 | give | present | story | hope | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cain and Abel, who never got to make peace at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Abel | cc |
| 3 | Abel | Abel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Cain | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 got | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 got | advmod |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 make | mark |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 got | xcomp |
| 10 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | past | Cain and Abel | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | Cain and Abel not said here | peace | all | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product |
Option 2
The Tower of Babel, where people were scattered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Tower | det |
| 2 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Babel | case |
| 4 | Babel | Babel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tower | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 scattered | punct |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 scattered | advmod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 scattered | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 scattered | aux:pass |
| 9 | scattered | scatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Tower | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scatter | past · passive | people | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Jacob and Esau made peace after many years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Esau | cc |
| 3 | Esau | Esau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jacob | conj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 years | amod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Jacob and Esau | peace | year | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product |
Option 4
Noah's flood, which covered the whole earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 flood | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 covered | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 covered | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 covered | nsubj |
| 6 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 earth | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 earth | amod |
| 9 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 covered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | past | Noah's flood | the whole earth | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Destination | ||||
| 2 | flood | Noah | nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |
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