Test 3 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon
A Hindu classmate asks: «if David did such bad things, why do Christians call him great?»
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hindu classmate, David, Christians · What happens: ask, do, call · To what, where: such bad things, David · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 classmate | det |
| 2 | Hindu | hindu | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 classmate | amod |
| 3 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 did | mark |
| 8 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 call | advcl |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 things | amod |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 things | amod |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 did | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 call | punct |
| 14 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 call | advmod |
| 15 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 call | aux |
| 16 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 17 call | nsubj |
| 17 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asks | parataxis |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 call | obj |
| 19 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 call | xcomp |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a Hindu classmate | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past | David | such bad things | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | call in a quote | present · do-support | Christians | David | great property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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.
The options
Option 1
Because he defeated Goliath, so nothing else counts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 defeated | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 defeated | nsubj |
| 3 | defeated | defeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Goliath | Goliath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 defeated | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 counts | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 counts | advmod |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 counts | nsubj |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 nothing | advmod |
| 9 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 defeated | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defeat | past | he | Goliath | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | count | present | nothing | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Because Christians think he never did anything wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 think | mark |
| 2 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 think | nsubj |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 did | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 did | advmod |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | ccomp |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 did | obj |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 anything | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Christians | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not do | past | he | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 3
Because he was the richest man alive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 man | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 man | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 man | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | the richest man | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Because he admitted his wrong, repented and kept trusting God
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 3 admitted | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 admitted | nsubj |
| 3 | admitted | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wrong | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 admitted | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 repented | punct |
| 7 | repented | repent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 admitted | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 kept | cc |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 repented | conj |
| 10 | trusting | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 kept | xcomp |
| 11 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 trusting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | past | he | his wrong | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | repent | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | keep | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | trust | gerund | God | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |
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