Test 4 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon
you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it». Which story warns against this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sister, cat, story · What happens: break, say, do, warn · To what, where: vase · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 broke | nsubj |
| 2 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vase | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 mum | case |
| 5 | vase | vase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 says | cc |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sister | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 broke | conj |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 say | punct |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 say | advmod |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 says | ccomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 cat | det |
| 14 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 did | nsubj |
| 15 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 say | ccomp |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 did | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 say | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | you | mum's vase | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vase=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | your sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | the cat | vase | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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: Which story warns against this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warns | nsubj |
| 3 | warns | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 warns | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 warns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | present | which story | against this | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against this=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
David, who tried to hide his wrong until Nathan showed it to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tried | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 tried | nsubj |
| 4 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 hide | mark |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tried | xcomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wrong | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hide | obj |
| 9 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 showed | mark |
| 10 | Nathan | Nathan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 showed | nsubj |
| 11 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hide | advcl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 showed | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 showed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | David | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | hide not said to happen | to-infinitive | David not said here | David's wrong | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Patient | ||||
| 3 | show | past | Nathan | it | David | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient |
Option 2
Ruth and Naomi
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth | Ruth | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Naomi | cc |
| 3 | Naomi | Naomi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruth | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Jonah and the plant
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonah | Jonah | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 plant | cc |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 plant | det |
| 4 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jonah | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Solomon, who prayed for wisdom and built the great Temple in Jerusalem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 prayed | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 prayed | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 prayed | nsubj |
| 4 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 wisdom | case |
| 6 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prayed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 built | cc |
| 8 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 prayed | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Temple | det |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Temple | amod |
| 11 | Temple | Temple | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 built | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Jerusalem | case |
| 13 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Temple | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | past | Solomon | for wisdom | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for wisdom=Theme | ||||
| 2 | build | past | Solomon not said here | the great Temple | Jerusalem | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset temple=Product |
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