Test 1 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers

my brother says Joseph got the coat cos he was the oldest. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Joseph, coat · What happens: say, get, co, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «Joseph and his brothers» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coat	det
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cos	nsubj
8	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	ccomp
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 oldest	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 oldest	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 oldest	det
12	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 cos	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	5 got	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my brother		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	Joseph		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	co	present	the coat		tree rules
4	is	past	Joseph	old 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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, the oldest always got the coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 oldest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oldest	det
4	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 got	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 got	advmod
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 coat	det
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the oldest	the coat				always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coat=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, and his brothers were all younger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 brothers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 brothers	cc
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 brothers	nmod:poss
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 younger	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 younger	cop
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 younger	advmod
8	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his brothers					all, young property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, he bought it in Egypt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 bought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bought	nsubj
4	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bought	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Egypt	case
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	he	it		Egypt			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, he was one of the youngest; his father just loved him most

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 youngest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 youngest	det
8	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 one	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 loved	punct
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 father	nmod:poss
11	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 loved	nsubj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 loved	advmod
13	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	parataxis
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 loved	obj
15	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 loved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	one				of the youngest	tree rules
2	love	past	his father	him = he				most obl	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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