Exam question 3 · The Ten Commandments
It is given that a pupil disseminates an untrue allegation concerning a classmate. Determine the commandment thereby contravened.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, untrue allegation, you · What happens: give, disseminate, concern, determine, contravene · To what, where: It, untrue allegation, classmate, commandment
This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a pupil disseminates an untrue allegation concerning a classmate.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 disseminates | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 disseminates | nsubj |
| 7 | disseminates | disseminate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 allegation | det |
| 9 | untrue | untrue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 allegation | amod |
| 10 | allegation | allegation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 disseminates | obj |
| 11 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 allegation | acl |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 classmate | det |
| 13 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 concerning | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | disseminate | present | a pupil | a untrue allegation | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent allegation=Theme | ||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | a untrue allegation not said here | a classmate | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classmate=Experiencer |
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: Determine the commandment thereby contravened.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 commandment | det |
| 3 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 5 contravened | advmod |
| 5 | contravened | contravene | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 commandment | acl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the commandment | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Topic | ||||
| 2 | contravene | participle | the commandment not said here | thereby property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | Sabbath | Sabbath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 day | compound |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Remember | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 keep | punct |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Remember | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 keep | obj |
| 9 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | imperative | you not said here | day | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | holy property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Thou shalt not steal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 steal | nsubj |
| 2 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 4 steal | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 steal | advmod |
| 4 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not steal | shall | Thou | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 bear | nsubj |
| 2 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 4 bear | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 bear | advmod |
| 4 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 witness | amod |
| 6 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bear | obj |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 neighbour | case |
| 8 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 9 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bear | shall | Thou | false witness | against thy neighbour | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Patient |
Option 4
Thou shalt have no other gods before me
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 gods | det |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gods | amod |
| 6 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 me | case |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 have | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | shall | Thou | no other gods | before me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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