Test 7 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

little bro: «they crossed the red sea on a big bridge moses built» — wrong, so what happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: build, happen · To what, where: little bro

This is test 7 · ★ 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	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bro	amod
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 built	nsubj:pass
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 crossed	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 crossed	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crossed	nsubj
6	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 built	aux:pass
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sea	amod
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crossed	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 bridge	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bridge	det
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bridge	amod
13	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crossed	obl
14	moses	mos	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 built	aux:pass
15	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 built	punct
17	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 wrong	punct
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 built	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 happened	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 happened	advmod
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 happened	nsubj
22	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 built	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build in a quote	past · passive		little bro					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «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

They swam while Moses held a rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 swam	nsubj
2	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 held	mark
4	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj
5	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 swam	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rope	det
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	They						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hold	past	Moses	a rope					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme

Option 2

They paid sailors to row them over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paid	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 row	mark
5	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 paid	advcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 row	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	5 row	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	They	sailors					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Asset
2	row over	to-infinitive	They not said here	sailors = sailor					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

God opened the water and they walked across on dry ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 opened	nsubj
2	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opened	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 walked	cc
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 walked	nsubj
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 opened	conj
8	across	across	ADV	_	7 walked	advmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ground	amod
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	God	the water					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme
2	walk	past	they			dry ground		across property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory

Option 4

They waited on the shore for many days for the sea to freeze over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 shore	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shore	det
5	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 days	amod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waited	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 freeze	mark
13	freeze	freeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 waited	advcl
14	over	over	ADV	_	13 freeze	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	They			the shore	day	for the sea	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location
2	freeze over	to-infinitive	They not said here					over property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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