Test 8 · ★★ · Sharing and fairness

Your friend says, "The widow gave only two coins, so she was the least generous." How do you put him right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, widow, you · What happens: say, give, be, put · To what, where: two coins, friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» 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 friend says, "The widow gave only two coins, so she was the least generous."

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	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gave	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 gave	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 widow	det
7	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 two	advmod
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 coins	nummod
11	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gave	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 generous	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	18 generous	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 generous	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 generous	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 generous	det
17	least	least	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 generous	advmod
18	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gave	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	past	the widow	two coins		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
3	is in a quote	past	widow		generous, least property	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: How do you put him right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 put	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · do-support	you		friend			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

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

Jesus said she gave the most, because it was all she had

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 most	det
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 gave	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 had	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 had	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 had	cop
11	all	all	ADV	_	13 had	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Jesus		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	past	Jesus		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is	past	it	all, have property	tree rules

Option 2

Jesus said she should have kept the coins for herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kept	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kept	aux
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 coins	det
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kept	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 herself	case
10	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Jesus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	should · perfect	Jesus	the coins				for Jesus	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

Option 3

She gave nothing at all, the coins were for the temple guard

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 gave	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 gave	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 guard	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 coins	det
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 guard	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 guard	cop
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 guard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 guard	det
12	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 guard	compound
13	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	She	nothing		all			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset
2	is	past	the coins					for the temple guard	tree rules

Option 4

He is right, the size of a gift 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	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 size	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 size	det
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 gift	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gift	det
9	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 all	cop
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 size	conj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 matters	nsubj
13	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 size	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	matter	present	that						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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