Test 1 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

my friend: «ruth was an israelite princess who married david». fix it pls

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ruth, israelite princess, friend · What happens: be, marry, fix · To what, where: israelite princess, david

This is test 1 of lesson 8 «Ruth, and David and Goliath» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fix	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 friend	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 princess	punct
5	ruth	ruth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 princess	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 princess	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 princess	det
8	israelite	israelite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 princess	amod
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friend	appos
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 married	nsubj
11	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 princess	acl:relcl
12	david	david	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 married	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 married	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 princess	punct
15	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fix	obj
17	pls	pls	INTJ	_	15 fix	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	ruth	a israelite princess	tree rules
2	marry in a quote	past	a israelite princess	david	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent david=Patient
3	fix	infinitive	my friend	david	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=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

Ruth was a queen of Egypt who married Saul

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 queen	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 queen	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 queen	det
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Egypt	case
6	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 queen	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 married	nsubj
8	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 queen	acl:relcl
9	Saul	Saul	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 married	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ruth	a queen				of Egypt	tree rules
2	marry	past	a queen	Saul					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saul=Patient

Option 2

Ruth was Goliath's mother from Philistia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mother	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mother	cop
3	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mother	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Goliath	case
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Philistia	case
7	Philistia	Philistia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mother	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ruth	Goliath's mother		Philistia			tree rules

Option 3

Ruth was David's sister from Jerusalem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sister	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sister	cop
3	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sister	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 David	case
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Jerusalem	case
7	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sister	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ruth	David's sister		Jerusalem			tree rules

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

Ruth was a foreign widow from Moab who married Boaz and was David's great-grandmother

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 widow	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 widow	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 widow	det
4	foreign	foreign	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 widow	amod
5	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Moab	case
7	Moab	Moab	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 widow	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 married	nsubj
9	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 widow	parataxis
10	Boaz	Boaz	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 married	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 grandmother	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 grandmother	cop
13	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 grandmother	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 David	case
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 grandmother	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 great	punct
17	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 married	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	Ruth	a foreign widow	Moab	tree rules
2	marry	past	a foreign widow	Boaz		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boaz=Patient
3	is a	past	a foreign widow not said here	David's great grandmother		tree rules

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