Exam question 1 · Ruth, and David and Goliath
Identify the principal reason for which, according to the First Book of Samuel, the youngest son of Jesse was anointed.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, accord, anoint · To what, where: principal reason, First Book
This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Ruth, and David and Goliath» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 reason | amod |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 which | case |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 anointed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Book | punct |
| 8 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 Book | case |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 according | fixed |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Book | det |
| 11 | First | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 Book | amod |
| 12 | Book | Book | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 anointed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Samuel | case |
| 14 | Samuel | Samuel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Book | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 son | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 son | det |
| 17 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 son | amod |
| 18 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Book | appos |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Jesse | case |
| 20 | Jesse | Jesse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 son | nmod |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 anointed | aux:pass |
| 22 | anointed | anoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reason | acl:relcl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal reason | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | anoint | past · passive | the First Book of Samuel | for the principal reason | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result |
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
He was the son of King Saul
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 son | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 son | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Saul | case |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Saul | compound |
| 7 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | He | the son | of King Saul | tree rules |
Option 2
He had defeated Goliath previously
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 defeated | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 defeated | aux |
| 3 | defeated | defeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | Goliath | Goliath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 defeated | obj |
| 5 | previously | previously | ADV | _ | 3 defeated | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defeat | past · perfect | He | Goliath | previously property | tree rules |
Option 3
He was the eldest and the tallest of the sons, as was the custom
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 eldest | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 eldest | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eldest | det |
| 4 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tallest | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tallest | det |
| 7 | tallest | tall | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 eldest | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 sons | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sons | det |
| 10 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tallest | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 custom | punct |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 custom | case |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 custom | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 custom | det |
| 15 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eldest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | eld property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | of the sons | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is | past | as the custom | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Lord regards the heart rather than the outward appearance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Lord | det |
| 2 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 regards | nsubj |
| 3 | regards | regard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 heart | det |
| 5 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 regards | obj |
| 6 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 10 appearance | cc |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 rather | fixed |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 appearance | det |
| 9 | outward | outward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 appearance | amod |
| 10 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 regards | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regard | present | the Lord | the heart | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |
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