Test 7 · ★★ · Cheating, rules and games

Your little sister says, "Jesus broke the Sabbath rules, so we can break any rule we want." How do you put her right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sister, Jesus, we, you · What happens: say, break, want, put · To what, where: Sabbath rules, rule, Jesus · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 44 «Cheating, rules and games» 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, "Jesus broke the Sabbath rules, so we can break any rule we want."

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	_	8 broke	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 broke	punct
7	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 broke	nsubj
8	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rules	det
10	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 rules	compound
11	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 broke	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 break	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 break	advmod
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 break	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 break	aux
16	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 rule	det
18	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 break	obj
19	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 want	nsubj
20	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 rule	acl:relcl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 break	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 break	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	break in a quote	past	Jesus	the Sabbath rules	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
3	break in a quote	can	we	any rule	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
4	want in a quote	present	we	any rule not said here	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rule=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: How do you put her 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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem 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		Jesus			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

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

He healed a sick man, showing rules should serve people, not that any rule can be broken

The tree, 17 words

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	2 healed	nsubj
2	healed	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 healed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 showing	punct
7	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 healed	advcl
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 serve	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 serve	aux
10	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 showing	ccomp
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 serve	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 broken	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 broken	advmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 broken	mark
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 rule	det
16	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 broken	nsubj:pass
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 broken	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 broken	aux:pass
19	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 healed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	heal	past	He	a sick man	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent man=Patient
2	show	gerund	He not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	serve	should	rules	people	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Attribute
4	not break	can · passive		any rule	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

She is right, Jesus taught that no rules matter at all

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	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 taught	punct
5	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 taught	nsubj
6	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 matter	mark
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 rules	det
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 matter	nsubj
10	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 taught	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		right property	tree rules
2	teach speech: other	past	Jesus			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	matter	present	no rules	all		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Jesus never did anything on the Sabbath, so she made it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 did	advmod
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 did	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 Sabbath	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sabbath	det
7	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 anything	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 made	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	obj
13	up	up	ADP	_	11 made	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	past	Jesus	anything			on the Sabbath		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
2	make up	past	Jesus	Sabbath					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot

Option 4

Jesus said only grown-ups need to keep rules

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	only	only	ADV	_	4 grown	advmod
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ups	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 grown	punct
6	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 need	xcomp
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Jesus		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	need	present	grown ups		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	grown ups not said here	rules	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

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