Test 11 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom
A Jewish classmate says, "The commandment not to steal is in our Torah too." What is the best response?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jewish classmate, commandment, best response · What happens: say, not steal, be · To what, where: Torah · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» 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: A Jewish classmate says, "The commandment not to steal is in our Torah too."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 classmate | det |
| 2 | Jewish | Jewish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 classmate | amod |
| 3 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Torah | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Torah | punct |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 commandment | det |
| 8 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Torah | nsubj |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 steal | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 steal | mark |
| 11 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 commandment | acl |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 Torah | cop |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Torah | case |
| 14 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 Torah | nmod:poss |
| 15 | Torah | Torah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 16 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 says | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Jewish classmate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not steal in a quote | to-infinitive | the commandment not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the commandment | our Torah | tree rules |
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 is the best response?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 response | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 response | amod |
| 5 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the Ten Commandments are shared by Jews and Christians
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 shared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Commandments | det |
| 4 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 Commandments | nummod |
| 5 | Commandments | commandment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 shared | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 shared | aux:pass |
| 7 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Jews | case |
| 9 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 shared | obl:agent |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Christians | cc |
| 11 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 Jews | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present · passive | Jews and Christians | the Ten Commandments | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, but it means something totally different for Christians
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 means | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 8 different | advmod |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 something | amod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 Christians | case |
| 10 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 different | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | something | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |
Option 3
No, the Ten Commandments were written by the Romans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 written | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Commandments | det |
| 4 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 Commandments | nummod |
| 5 | Commandments | commandment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 written | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 written | aux:pass |
| 7 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 Romans | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Romans | det |
| 10 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past · passive | the Romans | the Ten Commandments | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 4
No, the Ten Commandments belong only to Christians
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 belong | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 belong | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Commandments | det |
| 4 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 Commandments | nummod |
| 5 | Commandments | commandment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 belong | nsubj |
| 6 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 Christians | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Christians | case |
| 9 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 belong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | the Ten Commandments | Christians | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
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