Test 6 · ★ · Trust that breaks and takes long to mend

Your mate says, "Jacob got the blessing, so lying worked for him." What is wrong with that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Jacob · What happens: say, get, work, be · To what, where: blessing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 82 «Trust that breaks and takes long to mend» 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: Your mate says, "Jacob got the blessing, so lying worked for him."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
6	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 blessing	det
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 worked	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 worked	advmod
12	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 worked	aux:pass
13	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	parataxis
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 worked	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 worked	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	Jacob	the blessing		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blessing=Stimulus
3	work in a quote	gerund · passive			for Jacob	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: for he=Beneficiary

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 wrong with that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 that	case
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with that; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing; the story shows that tricks always pay off in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 shows	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shows	nsubj
5	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	acl:relcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 pay	mark
7	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pay	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 pay	advmod
9	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shows	ccomp
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 pay	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the story						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pay off	present	tricks				in the end	always property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He lost his home and his brother for twenty years and was tricked in turn

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 home	nmod:poss
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 brother	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 home	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 years	case
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lost	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tricked	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 tricked	aux:pass
13	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lost	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 turn	case
15	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	his home and his brother			year		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Eventuality
2	trick	past · passive	He not said here			turn			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»

Option 3

The blessing was taken back from Jacob the very next day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blessing	det
2	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 taken	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Jacob	case
7	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 next	advmod
10	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take back	past · passive		the blessing		Jacob	day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from jacob=Initial_Location

Option 4

Jacob never lied; Esau gave him the blessing on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lied	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 lied	advmod
3	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 gave	punct
5	Esau	Esau	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lied	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 blessing	det
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 purpose	case
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lie	past	Jacob						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	Esau	the blessing	Jacob	purpose			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient blessing=Theme on purpose=Asset

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