Test 7 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers
Your dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all." Which part of Joseph's story fits?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, part · What happens: say, save, not blow, fit · To what, where: some, money · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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 dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all."
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 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Save | punct |
| 5 | Save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 Save | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 money | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 money | nmod:poss |
| 9 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 money | compound |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 some | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 blow | punct |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 14 blow | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 blow | advmod |
| 14 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Save | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 blow | obj |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 it | det |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Save | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Save | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | save in a quote | infinitive | some | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not blow in a quote | infinitive · do-support | money | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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 fits?
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 fits | 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 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 fits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | which part of Joseph's story | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Joseph's brothers selling him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Joseph | case |
| 3 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 selling | nsubj |
| 4 | selling | sell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 selling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | gerund | Joseph's brothers | Joseph | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
The brothers bowing to Joseph
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 | bowing | bow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 brothers | acl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Joseph | case |
| 5 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bowing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | gerund | the brothers not said here | Joseph | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to joseph=Pivot |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Storing grain in the years of plenty for the famine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storing | store | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Storing | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 years | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 years | det |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Storing | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 plenty | case |
| 7 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 years | nmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 famine | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 famine | det |
| 10 | famine | famine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Storing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | store | gerund | grain | year | for the famine | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Joseph telling his dreams
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 telling | nsubj |
| 2 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dreams | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 telling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | Joseph | Joseph's dreams | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dream=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | dream | Joseph | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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