Test 2 · Ruth, and David and Goliath
A new kid from Syria joins the class and someone says «go back where you came from». What does Ruth's story say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new kid, someone, you, story · What happens: join, say, go back, come · To what, where: class · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: A new kid from Syria joins the class and someone says «go back where you came from».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 joins | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Syria | case |
| 5 | Syria | Syria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 kid | nmod |
| 6 | joins | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 class | det |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 joins | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 says | cc |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 says | nsubj |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 joins | conj |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 go | punct |
| 13 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 says | ccomp |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 go | advmod |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 17 came | advmod |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 came | nsubj |
| 17 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 go | advcl |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 came | obl |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 go | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 joins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | present | a new kid from Syria | the class | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | someone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go back in a quote | infinitive | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | come in a quote | past | you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 Ruth's story say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | Ruth | Ruth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 story | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Ruth | case |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Ruth's story | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Foreigners should stay with their own people, in their own land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foreigners | foreigner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 people | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 people | amod |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stay | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 land | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 land | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 land | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 land | amod |
| 12 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | should | Foreigners | Foreigners's own land | with Foreigners's own people | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
Option 2
It says nothing about newcomers
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 | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 says | obj |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 newcomers | case |
| 5 | newcomers | newcomer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | It | nothing | about newcomers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Newcomers can belong, as Ruth the foreigner did
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcomers | newcomer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 belong | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 belong | aux |
| 3 | belong | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Ruth | punct |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 Ruth | case |
| 6 | Ruth | Ruth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 belong | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 foreigner | det |
| 8 | foreigner | foreigner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Ruth | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | can | Newcomers | as Ruth | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | past | the foreigner | Ruth not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruth=Eventuality |
Option 4
Only rich foreigners should be welcomed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 foreigners | advmod |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 foreigners | amod |
| 3 | foreigners | foreigner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 welcomed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 welcomed | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 welcomed | aux:pass |
| 6 | welcomed | welcome | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | welcome | should · passive | rich foreigners | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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