Test 7 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt». Better answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big sis · What happens: split · To what, where: cos

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sis	amod
2	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 split	nsubj:outer
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 split	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 split	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kingdom	det
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 split	nsubj
7	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	cos	co	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 split	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 war	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 war	det
11	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cos	nmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 Egypt	case
13	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 war	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 split	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 split	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split in a quote	past	big sis	cos of a war with Egypt					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent co=Patient

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: Better answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

After Solomon, harsh rule and pride split it into Israel and Judah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 Solomon	case
2	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 split	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Solomon	punct
4	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rule	amod
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 split	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pride	cc
7	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	conj
8	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 split	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 Israel	case
11	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 split	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Judah	cc
13	Judah	Judah	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Israel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	harsh rule and pride	pride			after Solomon	into Israel and Judah result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into israel=Result

Option 2

Egypt took half of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 took	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 half	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Egypt	half of half					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme

Option 3

Goliath's people divided it between their own kings after a great battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 people	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Goliath	case
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 divided	nsubj
4	divided	divide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 divided	obj
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 kings	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 kings	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kings	amod
9	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 divided	obl
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 battle	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 battle	det
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 battle	amod
13	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 divided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	past	Goliath's people	it			after a great battle	between people's own kings	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Nathan split it between his sons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 split	nsubj
2	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 split	obj
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 sons	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sons	nmod:poss
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	Nathan	it				between Nathan's sons	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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