Test 10 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

A judge asks: «Why did freedom songs in America use the words "Let my people go"?»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, freedom songs, people · What happens: ask, use, let, go · To what, where: words, people · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 6 «Moses and the Exodus» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 use	punct
6	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 use	advmod
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 songs	aux
8	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 songs	compound
9	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 use	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 America	case
11	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 songs	nmod
12	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 words	det
14	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 use	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Let	punct
16	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 use	parataxis
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 people	nmod:poss
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 Let	obj
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 Let	xcomp
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Let	punct
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a judge		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use in a quote	present	freedom songs in America	the words	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent word=Theme clause=Eventuality
3	let	infinitive		my people	tree rules
4	go	infinitive	my people not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The songs were about leaving America for Egypt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 songs	det
2	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 leaving	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 leaving	aux
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 leaving	mark
5	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 leaving	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Egypt	case
8	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · progressive	the songs	America				for Egypt	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent america=Theme for egypt=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Enslaved people saw God freeing the Hebrews and hoped he would free them too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
5	freeing	free	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 saw	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Hebrews	det
7	Hebrews	Hebrew	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 freeing	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hoped	cc
9	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	conj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 free	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 free	aux
12	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hoped	xcomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 free	nsubj
14	too	too	ADV	_	9 hoped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enslave	participle				vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	Enslaved people	God		tree rules
3	free	gerund	God not said here	the Hebrews		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer hebrew=Source
4	hope	past	Enslaved people not said here		free property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

The words were written by an American president and sung at all of his parties

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 written	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 president	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 president	det
7	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 president	amod
8	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 written	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sung	cc
10	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 written	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 sung	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 parties	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 parties	nmod:poss
15	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past · passive	a American president	the words					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	sing speech: express	participle	a American president not said here			all			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

The words were the name of a famous ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 name	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 name	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 ship	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ship	det
8	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ship	amod
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the words	the name				of a famous ship	tree rules

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