Test 8 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

"I messed up so bad, God won't wanna know me now," says your friend after lying to his mum. Which story helps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, God, story · What happens: mess up, not know, say, lie, help · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: "I messed up so bad, God won't wanna know me now," says your friend after lying to his mum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 messed	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 messed	nsubj
3	messed	mess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 says	ccomp
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 messed	compound:prt
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 bad	advmod
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 messed	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 know	punct
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 know	nsubj
9	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 know	advmod
11	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	12 know	dep
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 messed	parataxis
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 know	obj
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 know	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 know	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 messed	punct
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 friend	nmod:poss
19	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	obj
20	after	after	SCONJ	_	21 lying	mark
21	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 says	advcl
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 mum	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 mum	nmod:poss
24	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lying	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mess up in a quote	past	your friend = friend			bad property	tree rules
2	not know in a quote	future	God	your friend = friend	now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	your friend				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	lie	gerund	your friend not said here			to God's mum	vn assuming_position-50 «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: Which story helps?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helps	nsubj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	which story						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Jacob's ladder: God was still with Jacob after his mistakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ladder	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Jacob	case
3	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Jacob	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 God	punct
5	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ladder	appos
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Jacob	cop
7	still	still	ADV	_	9 Jacob	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 Jacob	case
9	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 mistakes	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mistakes	nmod:poss
12	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Jacob	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Jacob's ladder				after Jacob's mistakes; still	with Jacob	tree rules
2	mistake		Jacob						nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Sarah: she laughed at God's promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sarah	Sarah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 laughed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 promise	case
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 promise	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 God	case
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	Sarah			God's promise			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	promise		God						nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The flood: everyone left outside the ark was lost in the waters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flood	det
2	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj:pass
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 everyone	punct
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 flood	conj
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 everyone	acl
6	outside	outside	ADP	_	8 ark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ark	det
8	ark	ark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	aux:pass
10	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 waters	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 waters	det
13	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle				the ark			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent outside ark=Location
2	lose	past · passive		the flood		the waters			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

Babel: God scatters the proud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babel	babel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 scatters	punct
3	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 scatters	nsubj
4	scatters	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Babel	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 proud	det
6	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 scatters	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	present	God	the proud					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent proud=Theme

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