Test 11 · Ruth, and David and Goliath
A judge follows up: «Is every detail of Ruth and David agreed to be exact history?»
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge, detail · What happens: follow up, be, agree · To what, where: detail, exact history
This is test 11 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 follows | nsubj |
| 3 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 follows | compound:prt |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 agreed | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 detail | punct |
| 7 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 detail | cop |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 detail | det |
| 9 | detail | detail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 agreed | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Ruth | case |
| 11 | Ruth | Ruth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 detail | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 David | cc |
| 13 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Ruth | conj |
| 14 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 follows | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 history | mark |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 history | cop |
| 17 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 history | amod |
| 18 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 agreed | xcomp |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 follows | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 follows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow up | present | a judge | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | every detail | of Ruth and David | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | agree speech: agree in a quote | past | every detail | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | every detail not said here | exact history | tree rules |
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
Yes, every Christian agrees on every detail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 agrees | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 Christian | det |
| 4 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 agrees | nsubj |
| 5 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 detail | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 detail | det |
| 8 | detail | detail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 agrees | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | every Christian | on every detail | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on detail=Topic |
Option 2
No, because Ruth never existed in any version of the Bible story at all
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 existed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 existed | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 existed | mark |
| 4 | Ruth | Ruth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 existed | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 existed | advmod |
| 6 | existed | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 version | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 version | det |
| 9 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 existed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 story | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 story | det |
| 12 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 story | compound |
| 13 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 version | nmod |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 story | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not exist | past | Ruth | any version of the Bible story at all | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in version=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, Christians differ on the details, though the lessons are agreed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 differ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 differ | punct |
| 3 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 differ | nsubj |
| 4 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 details | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 details | det |
| 7 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 differ | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 agreed | punct |
| 9 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 13 agreed | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lessons | det |
| 11 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 agreed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 agreed | aux:pass |
| 13 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 differ | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | differ | present | Christians | on the details | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on detail=Topic | ||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | present · passive | the lessons | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
Yes, there are photographs of Goliath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 are | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 are | expl |
| 4 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | photographs | photograph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 are | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Goliath | case |
| 7 | Goliath | Goliath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 photographs | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | photographs of Goliath | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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