Test 6 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

A friend with no religion asks: «why do Jews have a big dinner every spring about doors?»

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Jews · What happens: ask, have · To what, where: big dinner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asks	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 religion	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 religion	det
5	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friend	nmod
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 have	advmod
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 have	aux
11	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 have	nsubj
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asks	ccomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dinner	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dinner	amod
15	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 have	obj
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 spring	det
17	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 have	obj
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 doors	case
19	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 spring	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a friend with no religion						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	present · do-support	Jews	a big dinner			spring		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=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

It celebrates the building of the Temple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 celebrates	nsubj
2	celebrates	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 building	det
4	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebrates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Temple	det
7	Temple	Temple	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 building	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	present	It	the building of the Temple					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme

Option 2

It is a harvest feast for the new wheat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feast	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feast	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feast	det
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feast	compound
5	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 wheat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wheat	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wheat	amod
9	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a harvest feast				for the new wheat	tree rules

Option 3

It remembers the end of the Flood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembers	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Flood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Flood	det
7	Flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	It	the end of the Flood					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent end=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Passover remembers how death passed over the marked homes and the people were set free

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passover	Passover	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 passed	advmod
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passed	nsubj
5	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remembers	ccomp
6	over	over	ADP	_	9 homes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 homes	det
8	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 homes	amod
9	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 passed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 set	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 people	det
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 set	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 set	aux:pass
14	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remembers	conj
15	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 set	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	remember	present	Passover				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	pass	past	death		the marked homes		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over home=Location
3	mark	participle					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	set	past · passive		the people		free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

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