Test 5 · Ruth, and David and Goliath
kids pick teams: «not him, he's tiny and rubbish lol». Which line answers this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, he, line · What happens: pick, be, answer · To what, where: teams, this
This is test 5 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: kids pick teams: «not him, he's tiny and rubbish lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pick | nsubj |
| 2 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | teams | team | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pick | obj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 him | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 him | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 him | advmod |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pick | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tiny | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 tiny | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 tiny | cop |
| 11 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pick | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 rubbish | cc |
| 13 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tiny | conj |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 13 rubbish | discourse |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 rubbish | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 pick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | present | kids | teams | him = he obl | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | he | tiny 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.
Sentence 2: Which line answers this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 line | det |
| 2 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 answers | nsubj |
| 3 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 answers | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 answers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | present | which line | this | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 look | nsubj |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 appearance | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 appearance | det |
| 5 | outward | outward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 appearance | amod |
| 6 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 look | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 looks | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 looks | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Lord | det |
| 10 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 looks | nsubj |
| 11 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 look | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 heart | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 heart | det |
| 14 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | People | at the outward appearance | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at appearance=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | present | the Lord | at the heart | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at heart=Theme |
Option 2
Where you go I will go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 3 go | advmod |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 go | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | you | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | future | I | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Only the strongest should be chosen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 strongest | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 strongest | det |
| 3 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 chosen | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 chosen | aux:pass |
| 6 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 strongest | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | should · passive | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |
Option 4
Let my people go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 people | nmod:poss |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | present | my people | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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