Test 6 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude
A New Zealand mate says, «Sweet as, harvest heaps of tins for the food bank, chur!» («Sweet as» means «great»; «chur» means «thanks, cheers».) What is he pleased about?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zealand mate, Sweet, chur · What happens: say, harvest, mean, be · To what, where: heaps, great, thanks · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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: A New Zealand mate says, «Sweet as, harvest heaps of tins for the food bank, chur!»
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: («Sweet as» means «great»; «chur» means «thanks, cheers».)
The food bank closing down for good and giving everything away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 bank
det
2
food
food
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 bank
compound
3
bank
bank
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
closing
close
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
3 bank
acl
5
down
down
ADP
_
4 closing
compound:prt
6
for
for
ADP
_
7 good
case
7
good
good
ADJ
Degree=Pos
4 closing
obl
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
9 giving
cc
9
giving
give
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
4 closing
conj
10
everything
everything
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Tot
9 giving
obj
11
away
away
ADV
_
9 giving
advmod
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
close down
gerund
the food bank not said here
for good
vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2
give away
gerund
the food bank not said here
everything
away property
vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Food being collected to share with hungry people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Food
food
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 collected
nsubj:pass
2
being
be
AUX
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
3 collected
aux:pass
3
collected
collect
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
root
root
4
to
to
PART
_
5 share
mark
5
share
share
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
3 collected
xcomp
6
with
with
ADP
_
8 people
case
7
hungry
hungry
ADJ
Degree=Pos
8 people
amod
8
people
people
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 share
obl
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
collect
gerund · passive
Food
tree rules
2
share
to-infinitive
with hungry people
tree rules
Option 3
Tins being thrown away after harvest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Tins
tin
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 thrown
nsubj:pass
2
being
be
AUX
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
3 thrown
aux:pass
3
thrown
throw
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
root
root
4
away
away
ADV
_
3 thrown
advmod
5
after
after
ADP
_
6 harvest
case
6
harvest
harvest
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 thrown
obl
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
throw away
gerund · passive
Tins
after harvest
away property
vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 4
The church selling tins for profit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 church
det
2
church
church
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
selling
sell
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
2 church
acl
4
tins
tin
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 selling
obj
5
for
for
ADP
_
6 profit
case
6
profit
profit
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 selling
obl
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
sell
gerund
the church not said here
tins
for profit
vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent tin=Theme for profit=Asset
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.