Test 8 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers Your older brother pushed you around all last year, now he's being nice. "Don't trust him, he's faking," says a friend. What does Joseph's story suggest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older brother, brother, you, story · What happens: push, be, not trust, fake, say, suggest · To what, where: you, brother, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 older brother pushed you around all last year, now he's being nice. "
nmod:poss amod nsubj obj case det amod obl punct advmod nsubj cop cop parataxis punct punct root Your PRON older ADJ brother NOUN pushed VERB you PRON around ADP all DET last ADJ year NOUN , PUNCT now ADV he PRON 's AUX being AUX nice ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 3 brother nmod:poss 2 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 brother amod 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 pushed nsubj 4 pushed push VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 pushed obj 6 around around ADP _ 9 year case 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 9 year det 8 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 9 year amod 9 year year NOUN Number=Sing 4 pushed obl 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 nice punct 11 now now ADV PronType=Dem 15 nice advmod 12 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 nice nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 nice cop 14 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 15 nice cop 15 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 4 pushed parataxis 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 pushed punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 4 pushed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 push past Your older brother you year vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme 2 is present brother now nice 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.
Sentence 2: Don't trust him, he's faking," says a friend.
aux advmod obj punct nsubj aux conj punct punct parataxis det obj punct root Do AUX n't PART trust VERB him PRON , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX faking VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT says VERB a DET friend NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 trust aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 trust advmod 3 trust trust VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 trust obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 faking punct 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 faking nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 faking aux 8 faking fake VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 trust conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 says punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 11 says punct 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 faking parataxis 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 friend det 13 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 11 says obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 trust punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not trust imperative · do-support you not said here brother vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme 2 fake present · progressive brother tree rules 3 say speech: assert in a quote present a friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic
Sentence 3: What does Joseph's story suggest?
obj aux nmod:poss case nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX Joseph PROPN 's PART story NOUN suggest VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 6 suggest obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 suggest aux 3 Joseph Joseph PROPN Number=Sing 5 story nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Joseph case 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 suggest nsubj 6 suggest suggest VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 suggest punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 suggest speech: suggest present · do-support Joseph's story vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Get him back first, then trust him
obj advmod advmod punct advmod conj obj root Get VERB him PRON back ADV first ADV , PUNCT then ADV trust VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Get get VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Get obj 3 back back ADV _ 1 Get advmod 4 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 1 Get advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 trust punct 6 then then ADV PronType=Dem 7 trust advmod 7 trust trust VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Get conj 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 trust obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get back imperative you not said here him = he first property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus 2 trust infinitive you not said here him = he then vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
Option 2 Never trust him again, whatever he does, because people never change
advmod obj advmod punct conj nsubj acl:relcl punct mark nsubj advmod parataxis root Never ADV trust VERB him PRON again ADV , PUNCT whatever PRON he PRON does VERB , PUNCT because SCONJ people NOUN never ADV change VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 trust advmod 2 trust trust VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 trust obj 4 again again ADV _ 2 trust advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 whatever punct 6 whatever whatever PRON PronType=Rel 2 trust conj 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 does nsubj 8 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 whatever acl:relcl 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 change punct 10 because because SCONJ _ 13 change mark 11 people people NOUN Number=Plur 13 change nsubj 12 never never ADV PronType=Neg 13 change advmod 13 change change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 trust parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not trust imperative you not said here him = he again vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme 2 do present he vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 not change present people vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Pretend nothing ever happened
amod nsubj advmod root Pretend ADJ nothing PRON ever ADV happened VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pretend pretend ADJ Degree=Pos 2 nothing amod 2 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 happened nsubj 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 happened advmod 4 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen past nothing ever vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Look for real change, and be ready to trust again
case amod obl punct cc cop conj mark xcomp advmod root Look VERB for ADP real ADJ change NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ be AUX ready ADJ to PART trust VERB again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Look look VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 for for ADP _ 4 change case 3 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 4 change amod 4 change change NOUN Number=Sing 1 Look obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 ready punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 ready cc 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 ready cop 8 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Look conj 9 to to PART _ 10 trust mark 10 trust trust VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 ready xcomp 11 again again ADV _ 10 trust advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look imperative you not said here for real change vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for change=Theme 2 is infinitive you not said here ready property tree rules 3 trust to-infinitive you not said here again vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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