Test 11 · ★ · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book
Hamid asks, "Why give back more than the gnome cost?" What does Numbers 5:6-7 say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hamid, Numbers · What happens: ask, give back, say · To what, where: more · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 89 «Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book» 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: Hamid asks, "Why give back more than the gnome cost?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamid | Hamid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 give | punct |
| 5 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 give | advmod |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 give | obj |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 12 cost | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cost | det |
| 11 | gnome | gnome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cost | compound |
| 12 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 more | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 give | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Hamid | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give back in a quote | infinitive | more | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
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 does Numbers 5:6-7 say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | Numbers | Numbers | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | 5:6-7 | 5:6-7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 Numbers | flat |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Numbers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Pay ten times as much as it cost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 times | nummod |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pay | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 much | advmod |
| 5 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Pay | obj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 cost | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cost | nsubj |
| 8 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 much | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | imperative | you not said here | much | time | as cost | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Asset |
Option 2
Pay back exactly half of the cost, and the priest pays the rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Pay | advmod |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 half | advmod |
| 4 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 1 Pay | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 cost | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cost | det |
| 7 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 half | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 pays | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 pays | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 priest | det |
| 11 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pays | nsubj |
| 12 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pay | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 rest | det |
| 14 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pays | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | imperative | you not said here | half of the cost | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Asset | ||||
| 2 | pay | present | the priest | the rest | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Asset |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Confess the wrong and make full restitution, adding a fifth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confess | confess | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wrong | det |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Confess | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 make | cc |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Confess | conj |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 restitution | amod |
| 7 | restitution | restitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 adding | punct |
| 9 | adding | add | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 make | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fifth | det |
| 11 | fifth | fifth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 adding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | imperative | you not said here | the wrong | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Topic | ||||
| 2 | make | present | you not said here | full restitution | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset restitution=Product | ||||
| 3 | add speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | a fifth | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fifth=Patient |
Option 4
Pay nothing if you said sorry first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Pay | obj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 said | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pay | advcl |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | xcomp |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | imperative | you not said here | nothing | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Asset | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize a condition, not said to happen | past | you | first, sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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