Test 6 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers

Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet." What does the story say Joseph did, even in prison?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle Dan, Joseph, story · What happens: say, be, fall, do · To what, where: feet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Dan	compound
2	Dan	Dan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 lucky	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 lucky	punct
6	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lucky	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lucky	cop
8	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fell	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fell	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 fell	advmod
12	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lucky	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 feet	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 feet	nmod:poss
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fell	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lucky	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 lucky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Uncle Dan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	Joseph		lucky property	tree rules
3	fall in a quote	past	Joseph	Joseph's feet		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location

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: What does the story say Joseph did, even in prison?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 prison	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	11 prison	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 prison	case
11	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the story						tree rules
2	do	past	Joseph						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He bribed the guards to let him out

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 bribed	nsubj
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guards	det
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bribed	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 let	mark
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bribed	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	6 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	He	the guards					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient
2	let out	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

He waited in his cell and did nothing at all for years

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 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cell	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cell	nmod:poss
5	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 did	cc
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 did	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 did	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 did	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He			his cell			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cell=Location
2	do	past	He not said here	nothing		all	year		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 3

He kept quiet and hid his gifts

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kept	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hid	cc
5	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gifts	nmod:poss
7	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	He		quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hide	past	He not said here	his gifts		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient
3	gift		his = he			nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He kept doing good and helping others

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 helping	cc
6	helping	help	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 doing	conj
7	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 helping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	He		tree rules
2	do	gerund	He not said here	good	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
3	help	gerund	He not said here	others	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary

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