Test 5 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon
Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella today». Who is your mate like?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: best mate, you · What happens: tell, mean, be · To what, where: you, Ella, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella today».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 mate | amod |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tells | nsubj |
| 4 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tells | iobj |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 11 mean | advmod |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 mean | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 mean | nsubj |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 mean | aux |
| 10 | really | really | ADV | _ | 11 mean | advmod |
| 11 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tells | ccomp |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Ella | case |
| 13 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 mean | obl |
| 14 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mean | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 mean | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Your best mate | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | past | you | Ella | today | straight property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to ella=Attribute |
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: Who is your mate like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 mate | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mate | cop |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mate | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 mate | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | your mate | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Pharaoh, who would not listen to Moses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharaoh | Pharaoh | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 listen | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 listen | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 listen | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 listen | advmod |
| 6 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pharaoh | parataxis |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Moses | case |
| 8 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not listen | would | Pharaoh | Moses | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to moses=Theme |
Option 2
Saul, who was jealous of young David
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 jealous | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 jealous | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 jealous | cop |
| 5 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saul | amod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 David | case |
| 7 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 David | amod |
| 8 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 jealous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Saul | of young David; jealous property | tree rules |
Option 3
Goliath, who mocked the whole army
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goliath | Goliath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mocked | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mocked | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 mocked | nsubj |
| 4 | mocked | mock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 army | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 army | amod |
| 7 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mocked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | past | Goliath | the whole army | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nathan, who told David the truth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan | Nathan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 told | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 told | iobj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 truth | det |
| 7 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | Nathan | the truth | David | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent david=Recipient truth=Topic |
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