Test 3 · Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together
Grandad in Yorkshire says, "A man's word were his bond." What is "bond" here?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandad, word, man · What happens: say, be, word · To what, where: bond · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 81 «Why honesty matters: trust holds everything together» 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: Grandad in Yorkshire says, "A man's word were his bond."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Yorkshire | case |
| 3 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Grandad | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bond | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 bond | punct |
| 7 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 word | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 man | case |
| 10 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bond | nsubj |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 bond | cop |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 bond | nmod:poss |
| 13 | bond | bond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 bond | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 bond | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Grandad in Yorkshire | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | a man's word | Grandad's bond | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | word in a quote | a man | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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 "bond" here?
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 | 4 bond | cop |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 bond | punct |
| 4 | bond | bond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 bond | punct |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 What | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | bond | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A rope or a chain used to tie up the animals on a farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rope | det |
| 2 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 chain | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 chain | det |
| 5 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rope | conj |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 tie | mark |
| 8 | tie | tie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 used | advcl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 tie | compound:prt |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 animals | det |
| 11 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 tie | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 farm | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 farm | det |
| 14 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle · passive | a rope or a chain | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | tie up | to-infinitive | the animals | on a farm | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent animal=Patient on farm=Co-Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A promise you can rely on, like a signed agreement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 promise | det |
| 2 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 rely | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rely | aux |
| 5 | rely | rely | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 promise | acl:relcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 rely | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 agreement | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 agreement | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 agreement | det |
| 10 | signed | sign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 agreement | amod |
| 11 | agreement | agreement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 promise | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rely on | can | you | a promise not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sign | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A secret that you must never, ever tell anyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 secret | det |
| 2 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 tell | obj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 tell | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 tell | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 tell | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 never | punct |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 tell | advmod |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 secret | parataxis |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 tell | obj |
| 11 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 anyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | must | you | that | ever | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient anyone=Topic |
Option 4
A kind of money or savings that only grandparents use at the bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kind | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 money | case |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kind | nmod |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 savings | cc |
| 6 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 kind | conj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 use | obj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 grandparents | advmod |
| 9 | grandparents | grandparent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 use | nsubj |
| 10 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 kind | acl:relcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 bank | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bank | det |
| 13 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | grandparents | a kind of money or savings | the bank | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
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