Test 3 · Ruth, and David and Goliath
«why should the farm leave food on the edge, that's their money innit». What is the idea of gleaning?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: farm, that, idea · What happens: leave, be, innit, glean · To what, where: food, edge, money
This is test 3 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: «why should the farm leave food on the edge, that's their money innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 leave | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 leave | advmod |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 leave | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 farm | det |
| 5 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | nsubj |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 edge | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 edge | det |
| 10 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 money | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 money | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 money | cop |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 money | nmod:poss |
| 15 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 edge | appos |
| 16 | innit | innit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 money | acl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 innit | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 leave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave in a quote | should | the farm | food | the edge | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent food=Theme on edge=Location | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | their money | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | participle | their money not said here | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the idea of gleaning?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 idea | det |
| 4 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 gleaning | mark |
| 6 | gleaning | glean | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 idea | acl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the idea | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | glean | gerund | the idea not said here | vn learn-14-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The edges were full of bad grain that nobody wanted to eat anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 edges | det |
| 2 | edges | edge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 full | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | cop |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 grain | case |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 grain | amod |
| 7 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 wanted | nsubj |
| 9 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 wanted | nsubj |
| 10 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 grain | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 eat | mark |
| 12 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 wanted | xcomp |
| 13 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 12 eat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the edges | of bad grain; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | bad grain | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | eat not said to happen | to-infinitive | bad grain not said here | anyway property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It was a trick to catch thieves
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 | 4 trick | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trick | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trick | det |
| 4 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 catch | mark |
| 6 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trick | acl |
| 7 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 catch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a trick | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | catch | to-infinitive | thieves | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme |
Option 3
Farmers were too lazy to finish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farmers | farmer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lazy | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lazy | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 lazy | advmod |
| 4 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 finish | mark |
| 6 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lazy | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Farmers | lazy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | finish | to-infinitive | Farmers not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Leaving something for people in need is built-in fairness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 built | csubj:pass |
| 2 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Leaving | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 people | case |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leaving | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 need | case |
| 6 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 people | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 built | aux:pass |
| 8 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 built | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 fairness | case |
| 11 | fairness | fairness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | something | for people in need | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Theme for people=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | build | present · passive | Leaving | in fairness | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: in fairness=Attribute |
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