Test 2 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon
«so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho». What was Solomon really doing?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, Solomon · What happens: say, cut, be, do · To what, where: baby, psycho · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 9 «King David and King Solomon» 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: «so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 said | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 baby | det |
| 8 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | obj |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 cut | discourse |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 psycho | det |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 psycho | cop |
| 12 | psycho | psycho | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cut | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cut in a quote | infinitive | the baby | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset baby=Product | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | that psycho | 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 was Solomon really doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 doing | obj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 doing | aux |
| 3 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 doing | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 doing | advmod |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · progressive | Solomon | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Following an old law about babies that Moses had written
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 law | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 law | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 law | amod |
| 4 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 babies | case |
| 6 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 law | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 written | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 written | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 written | aux |
| 10 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 babies | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | write | past · perfect · passive | babies | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Testing which woman truly loved the baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Testing | test | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 loved | csubj |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 woman | det |
| 3 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Testing | obj |
| 4 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 5 loved | advmod |
| 5 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 baby | det |
| 7 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | gerund | which woman | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme | |||||
| 2 | love | past | Testing | the baby | truly property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Making a cruel joke at a feast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 joke | det |
| 3 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 joke | amod |
| 4 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 feast | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 feast | det |
| 7 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | a cruel joke | a feast | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product |
Option 4
Punishing both women for lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punishing | punish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 women | det |
| 3 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Punishing | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 lying | case |
| 5 | lying | lying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Punishing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | gerund | both women | for lying | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent woman=Patient for lying=Theme |
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