Test 9 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus
kid in class: «I'd never moan if god saved me from slaves lol». What does the wilderness story show?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, god · What happens: not moan, save, do · To what, where: me, slaves
This is test 9 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: kid in class: «I'd never moan if god saved me from slaves lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 class | case |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 kid | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 kid | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 moan | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 moan | nsubj |
| 7 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 moan | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 moan | advmod |
| 9 | moan | moan | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 kid | parataxis |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 saved | mark |
| 11 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saved | nsubj |
| 12 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 moan | ccomp |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 saved | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 slaves | case |
| 15 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 saved | obl |
| 16 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 9 moan | discourse |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 moan | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not moan in a quote | would | I | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | save a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past | god | me | slaves | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent i=Theme from slave=Source |
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.
Sentence 2: What does the wilderness story show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 show | det |
| 4 | wilderness | wilderness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 story | compound |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
The people never complained once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 people | det |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 complained | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 complained | advmod |
| 4 | complained | complain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 complained | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not complain speech: other | past | the people | once property | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They were thankful from the very first day right to the very last
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 | 3 thankful | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 thankful | cop |
| 3 | thankful | thankful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 first | advmod |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thankful | obl |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 13 last | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 last | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 last | det |
| 12 | very | very | ADV | _ | 13 last | advmod |
| 13 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thankful | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | They | day | thankful property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | They not said here | right property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Even rescued people grumble, so gratitude takes practice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Even | even | ADV | _ | 2 rescued | advmod |
| 2 | rescued | rescue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grumble | nsubj |
| 4 | grumble | grumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 rescued | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 takes | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 takes | advmod |
| 7 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 takes | nsubj |
| 8 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 rescued | conj |
| 9 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 takes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rescue | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | grumble speech: other | present | people | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | take | present | gratitude | practice | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme |
Option 4
Only Moses complained in the desert
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 complained | advmod |
| 2 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 complained | nsubj |
| 3 | complained | complain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 desert | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 desert | det |
| 6 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 complained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complain speech: other | past | Moses | the desert | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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