Test 4 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers
Your friend broke a window, then lied to his dad, then blamed his little brother. Which part of Joseph's story is like this?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, part · What happens: break, lie, blame, be · To what, where: window, little brother
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Your friend broke a window, then lied to his dad, then blamed his little brother.
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 broke | nsubj |
| 3 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 window | det |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 broke | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lied | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 lied | advmod |
| 8 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 broke | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 dad | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 dad | nmod:poss |
| 11 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lied | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 blamed | punct |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 blamed | advmod |
| 14 | blamed | blame | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 broke | parataxis |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 brother | nmod:poss |
| 16 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 brother | amod |
| 17 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 blamed | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | Your friend | a window | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient | ||||
| 2 | lie | past | Your friend not said here | then | to friend's dad | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | blame | past | friend's little brother | then | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=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: Which part of Joseph's story is like this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 story | case |
| 4 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 story | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Joseph | case |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 part | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 this | case |
| 9 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 is | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | which part of Joseph's story | like this | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The brothers: one wrong led to bigger wrongs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 one | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 brothers | appos |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 one | amod |
| 6 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 one | acl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 wrongs | case |
| 8 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 wrongs | amod |
| 9 | wrongs | wrong | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 led | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | participle | to bigger wrongs | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to wrong=Patient |
Option 2
Joseph helping other prisoners while in prison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 helping | nsubj |
| 2 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 prisoners | amod |
| 4 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 helping | obj |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 prison | mark |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 prison | case |
| 7 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helping | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | gerund | Joseph | other prisoners | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Pharaoh's dreams of the seven fat and thin cows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharaoh | Pharaoh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dreams | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Pharaoh | case |
| 3 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fat | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fat | det |
| 6 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 fat | nummod |
| 7 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dreams | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cows | cc |
| 9 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cows | amod |
| 10 | cows | cow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | Pharaoh | the seven fat and thin cows | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Joseph forgiving his brothers when they came to Egypt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 forgiving | nsubj |
| 2 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 came | advcl |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 forgiving | obj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 came | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Egypt | case |
| 9 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | gerund | Joseph | Joseph's brothers | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past | brothers = brother | Egypt | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to egypt=Initial_Location |
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