Test 9 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers
Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because Joseph saved Egypt." What is wrong with this?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mila, brothers, Joseph · What happens: say, do, save, be · To what, where: good thing, end, Egypt · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because Joseph saved Egypt."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mila | Mila | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
| 5 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Joseph | case |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 thing | det |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thing | amod |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 saved | punct |
| 16 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 18 saved | mark |
| 17 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 saved | nsubj |
| 18 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 did | conj |
| 19 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 saved | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mila | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | Joseph's brothers | a good thing | in the end | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | save in a quote | past | Joseph | Egypt | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=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: What is wrong with this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with this; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, the brothers did a good thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 brothers | det |
| 4 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 thing | det |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 thing | amod |
| 8 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Nothing | a good thing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
Option 2
Joseph never saved Egypt in the story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saved | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 saved | advmod |
| 3 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saved | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 story | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 story | det |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not save | past | Joseph | Egypt | the story | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The brothers had planned all along for Joseph to go and save Egypt
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 | 4 planned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 planned | aux |
| 4 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 along | advmod |
| 6 | along | along | ADV | _ | 4 planned | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Joseph | case |
| 8 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 planned | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 go | mark |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 planned | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 save | cc |
| 12 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 go | conj |
| 13 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | past · perfect · passive | the brothers | for Joseph; along property | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | save | infinitive | Egypt | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
What they did was still wrong; God brought good out of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 wrong | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 wrong | advmod |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 brought | punct |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 brought | nsubj |
| 9 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 wrong | advcl |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 brought | xcomp |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | still | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bring | past | God | it | good property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent out it=Initial_Location |
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