Test 9 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Mum says "My doctor says I can't have more children, but we'll see." A gran says, "Sarah's story says nothing is too hard for God." What did Sarah do first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, doctor, we, gran, story, nothing · What happens: say, not have, see, be, do · To what, where: more children · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Mum says "My doctor says I can't have more children, but we'll see."
nsubj punct nmod:poss nsubj ccomp nsubj aux advmod ccomp amod obj punct cc nsubj aux ccomp punct punct root Mum NOUN says VERB " PUNCT My PRON doctor NOUN says VERB I PRON ca AUX n't PART have VERB more ADJ children NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ we PRON 'll AUX see VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct 4 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 doctor nmod:poss 5 doctor doctor NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 have nsubj 8 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 have aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 have advmod 10 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 says ccomp 11 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 12 children amod 12 children child NOUN Number=Plur 10 have obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 17 see punct 14 but but CCONJ _ 17 see cc 15 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 17 see nsubj 16 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 17 see aux 17 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 says ccomp 18 . . PUNCT _ 17 see punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 17 see punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert in a quote present My doctor vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 not have in a quote can Mum more children vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient 4 see in a quote future we vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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: A gran says, "Sarah's story says nothing is too hard for God."
det nsubj punct punct nmod:poss case nsubj conj nsubj cop advmod ccomp case obl punct punct root A DET gran NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Sarah PROPN 's PART story NOUN says VERB nothing PRON is AUX too ADV hard ADJ for ADP God PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 gran det 2 gran gran NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 says punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 says punct 6 Sarah Sarah PROPN Number=Sing 8 story nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 Sarah case 8 story story NOUN Number=Sing 9 says nsubj 9 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 says conj 10 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 13 hard nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 hard cop 12 too too ADV _ 13 hard advmod 13 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 9 says ccomp 14 for for ADP _ 15 God case 15 God God PROPN Number=Sing 13 hard obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 13 hard punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 13 hard punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a gran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 say speech: assert in a quote present Sarah's story vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 is in a quote present nothing for God; hard property tree rules
Sentence 3: What did Sarah do first?
obj aux nsubj advmod punct root What PRON did AUX Sarah PROPN do VERB first ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Sarah Sarah PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 4 do advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past · do-support Sarah first property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer She laughed in doubt, then her son Isaac was born
nsubj case obl punct advmod nmod:poss nsubj:pass appos aux:pass conj root She PRON laughed VERB in ADP doubt NOUN , PUNCT then ADV her PRON son NOUN Isaac PROPN was AUX born VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 laughed nsubj 2 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 4 doubt case 4 doubt doubt NOUN Number=Sing 2 laughed obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 born punct 6 then then ADV PronType=Dem 11 born advmod 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 son nmod:poss 8 son son NOUN Number=Sing 11 born nsubj:pass 9 Isaac Isaac PROPN Number=Sing 8 son appos 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 born aux:pass 11 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 laughed conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh past She in doubt vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in doubt=Theme 2 bear past · passive her son then vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 2 She counted the stars every night
nsubj det obj det obl:unmarked root She PRON counted VERB the DET stars NOUN every DET night NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 counted nsubj 2 counted count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 stars det 4 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 2 counted obj 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 night det 6 night night NOUN Number=Sing 2 counted obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count past She the stars night vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Theme
Option 3 She refused to believe it and left Abraham to live on her own
nsubj mark xcomp obj cc conj obj mark xcomp case nmod:poss obl root She PRON refused VERB to PART believe VERB it PRON and CCONJ left VERB Abraham PROPN to PART live VERB on ADP her PRON own ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 refused nsubj 2 refused refuse VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 believe mark 4 believe believe VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 refused xcomp 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 believe obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 left cc 7 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 refused conj 8 Abraham Abraham PROPN Number=Sing 7 left obj 9 to to PART _ 10 live mark 10 live live VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 left xcomp 11 on on ADP _ 13 own case 12 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 own nmod:poss 13 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 10 live obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 refuse past She vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 not believe to-infinitive She not said here it vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus 3 leave past She not said here Abraham tree rules 4 live to-infinitive Abraham not said here Abraham's own vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location
Option 4 She asked the strangers for medicine
nsubj det obj case obl root She PRON asked VERB the DET strangers NOUN for ADP medicine NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 asked nsubj 2 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 strangers det 4 strangers stranger NOUN Number=Plur 2 asked obj 5 for for ADP _ 6 medicine case 6 medicine medicine NOUN Number=Sing 2 asked obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask past She the strangers for medicine vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient
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