Test 4 · Ruth, and David and Goliath
little bro: «david beat goliath cos he was secretly the biggest guy in the army». right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: david · What happens: beat, be · To what, where: goliath, biggest guy, army
This is test 4 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 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bro | amod |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | vocative |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 beat | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 beat | punct |
| 5 | david | david | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | nsubj |
| 6 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | goliath | goliath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | obj |
| 8 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 14 guy | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 guy | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 guy | cop |
| 11 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 14 guy | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 guy | det |
| 13 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 guy | amod |
| 14 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | xcomp |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 army | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 army | det |
| 17 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 guy | nmod |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 guy | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 beat | punct |
| 20 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 beat | discourse |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 beat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat in a quote | past | david | goliath | little bro vocative | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location goliath=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | david | the biggest guy | the army | secretly property | 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 · ← Mova's choice
No, Jonathan fought Goliath for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 fought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Jonathan | Jonathan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fought | nsubj |
| 4 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Goliath | Goliath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fought | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | Jonathan | Goliath | for Goliath | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goliath=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, he was a young shepherd who trusted God and used his sling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 shepherd | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 shepherd | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 shepherd | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shepherd | det |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shepherd | amod |
| 7 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 trusted | nsubj |
| 9 | trusted | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 shepherd | acl:relcl |
| 10 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 trusted | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 used | cc |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 trusted | conj |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 sling | nmod:poss |
| 14 | sling | sling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 used | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a young shepherd | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trust | past | a young shepherd | God | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | ||||
| 3 | use | past | a young shepherd not said here | God's sling | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sling=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, he was taller than Goliath and the strongest man in Israel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 taller | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 taller | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 taller | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 taller | cop |
| 5 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 Goliath | case |
| 7 | Goliath | Goliath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 taller | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 man | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taller | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Israel | case |
| 13 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 man | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | than Goliath; tall property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, he wore the king's armour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 wore | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wore | nsubj |
| 4 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 armour | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | he | the king's armour | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent armour=Source |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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