Test 9 · ★ · Trust that breaks and takes long to mend

Josh says, "Ananias and Sapphira gave loads, so it's well harsh!" What did they actually do wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Josh, Ananias, it · What happens: say, give, be · To what, where: loads · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Josh says, "Ananias and Sapphira gave loads, so it's well harsh!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gave	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 gave	punct
5	Ananias	Ananias	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Sapphira	cc
7	Sapphira	Sapphira	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Ananias	conj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
9	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gave	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 harsh	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 harsh	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 harsh	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 harsh	cop
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 harsh	advmod
15	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 harsh	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 harsh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Josh			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	past	Ananias and Sapphira	loads		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	it		harsh, well 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: What did they actually do wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 wrong	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wrong	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 wrong	advmod
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	aux
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 wrong	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

They gave only half, and giving only half of the money was strictly against the church rules

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 half	advmod
4	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 gave	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 giving	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 giving	cc
7	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 gave	advcl
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 half	advmod
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	7 giving	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 money	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 money	det
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 half	nmod
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 strictly	cop
14	strictly	strictly	ADV	_	7 giving	advcl
15	against	against	ADP	_	18 rules	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rules	det
17	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rules	compound
18	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	past	They	half		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme
2	give	gerund	They not said here	half of the money	against the church rules	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme
3	is	past	They not said here		strictly property	tree rules

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

They pretended to give all the money when they had kept part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 give	mark
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pretended	xcomp
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 money	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 money	det
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 kept	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kept	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 kept	aux
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 give	advcl
12	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pretend	past	They		tree rules
2	give	to-infinitive	They not said here	all money	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	keep	past · perfect · passive		they	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

They gave the money to Peter instead of to the poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 money	det
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Peter	case
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	11 poor	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 instead	fixed
9	to	to	ADP	_	7 instead	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 poor	det
11	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	They	the money	Peter			instead the poor	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to peter=Recipient

Option 4

They forgot to sell the field and gave nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sell	mark
4	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forgot	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sell	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgot	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 gave	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	forget	past	They			tree rules
2	not sell	to-infinitive	They not said here	the field		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme
3	give	past	They not said here	nothing	all	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset

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