Test 4 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

teacher told us to tell on a kid who did nothing wrong or we all get detention. the midwives would say what??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, kid, we, midwives · What happens: tell, do, get, say · To what, where: us, nothing, detention · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 kid	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kid	det
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 kid	acl:relcl
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 did	obj
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 nothing	amod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 get	cc
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 get	nsubj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 get	advmod
16	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 did	conj
17	detention	detention	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 get	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 midwives	det
20	midwives	midwife	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 say	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 say	aux
22	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 tell	ccomp
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 say	obj
24	??	??	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	teacher		us		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	teacher not said here			on a kid	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	past	a kid	nothing			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
4	get	present	we	detention			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer detention=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	would	the midwives				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 right answer

That an unfair order can be refused, even when it costs you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 refused	nsubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 order	det
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 order	amod
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 refused	nsubj:pass
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 refused	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 refused	aux:pass
7	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 costs	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 costs	advmod
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 costs	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 costs	nsubj
12	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 refused	parataxis
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 costs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	can · passive		That					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	cost	present	order	you					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme you=Value

Option 2

That the whole class deserves the detention anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 deserves	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deserves	nsubj
5	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 detention	det
7	detention	detention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deserves	obj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 deserves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deserve	present	That	the detention				anyway property	tree rules

Option 3

That you should lie and say you saw nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 lie	nsubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 lie	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lie	aux
4	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lie	conj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	ccomp
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lie	should	That		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	That not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past	you	nothing	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 4

That you always obey the teacher whatever happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 obey	nsubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 obey	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 obey	advmod
4	obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obey	obj
7	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 happens	nsubj
8	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obey	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	present	That	the teacher				always property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme
2	happen	present	whatever						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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