Test 2 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

«bro the bush was on fire and burnt to ash, then god spoke from the ash» — fix it

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bush, ash · What happens: be, burnt, god, speak, fix · To what, where: fire, ash, bush · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 bro	punct
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fire	vocative
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bush	det
4	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fire	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 fire	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 fire	case
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 burnt	cc
9	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 fire	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 ash	mark
11	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 burnt	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 god	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 god	advmod
14	god	god	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ash	acl:relcl
15	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 god	dep
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 ash	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ash	det
18	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 spoke	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 spoke	punct
20	—	-	PUNCT	_	21 fix	punct
21	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 fire	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the bush		fire		bro vocative	tree rules
2	burnt in a quote	participle	the bush not said here	ash				tree rules
3	god in a quote	infinitive	ash not said here			then		tree rules
4	speak speech: other in a quote	past			the ash			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	fix	infinitive	the bush not said here	bush				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: 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.

The options

Option 1

The bush was struck by lightning and God shouted from the sky above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bush	det
2	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	aux:pass
4	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 lightning	case
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 struck	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shouted	cc
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	nsubj
9	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 struck	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 sky	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sky	det
12	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shouted	obl
13	above	above	ADV	_	9 shouted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	lightning	the bush					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	shout speech: express	past	God			the sky		above property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The bush was a tree in Pharaoh's garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bush	det
2	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tree	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 garden	case
7	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 garden	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Pharaoh	case
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the bush	a tree		Pharaoh's garden			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bush burned but was never burnt up, and God spoke from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bush	det
2	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	nsubj
3	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 burnt	cc
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 burnt	aux:pass
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 burnt	advmod
7	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 burned	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 burnt	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spoke	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spoke	cc
11	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 spoke	nsubj
12	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 burned	parataxis
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	burn	past	the bush		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not burnt up	past · passive	the bush not said here		tree rules
3	speak speech: other	past	God	bush	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The ash formed letters with God's name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ash	det
2	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	nsubj
3	formed	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 formed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 name	case
6	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 name	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 God	case
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	past	the ash	letters				with God's name	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location letter=Theme
2	name		God						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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