Test 2 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers
Mum always lets my sister pick the film and never me, and I'm fuming. Which story warns parents about this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, sister, I, story · What happens: let, pick, fume, warn · To what, where: sister, film, parents
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Mum always lets my sister pick the film and never me, and I'm fuming.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lets | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 lets | advmod |
| 3 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sister | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lets | obj |
| 6 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lets | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 film | det |
| 8 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pick | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 me | cc |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 me | advmod |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 film | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fuming | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fuming | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 fuming | nsubj |
| 15 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fuming | aux |
| 16 | fuming | fume | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 lets | advcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | Mum | my sister | always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | pick | infinitive | my sister not said here | the film | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fume | present · progressive | I | vn marvel-31.3 «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: Which story warns parents about this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warns | nsubj |
| 3 | warns | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 warns | obj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 this | case |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 parents | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 warns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | present | which story | parents | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient about this=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Joseph's coat: favouritism causes hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 coat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Joseph | case |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 causes | punct |
| 5 | favouritism | favouritism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 causes | nsubj |
| 6 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 coat | acl:relcl |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 causes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present | favouritism | Joseph's coat not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | participle | Joseph's coat not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The Tower of Babel: pride divides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Tower | det |
| 2 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Babel | case |
| 4 | Babel | Babel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Tower | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 divides | punct |
| 6 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 divides | compound |
| 7 | divides | divide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Tower | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Creation: God rested on the seventh day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creation | creation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rested | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Creation | punct |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rested | nsubj |
| 4 | rested | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rested | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | past | God | Creation | day | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Noah's ark: God keeps his promises
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ark | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | ark | ark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 God | punct |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ark | appos |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 promises | nmod:poss |
| 8 | promises | promise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 keeps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Noah's ark | ark's promises | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | ||||
| 2 | promise | ark | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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