Test 8 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon
«i said sorry 5 times, so it's done, right?» What does Psalm 51 add?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, Psalm · What happens: say, do, add · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: «i said sorry 5 times, so it's done, right?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | ccomp |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 times | nummod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sorry | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 done | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 done | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 done | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 done | aux |
| 11 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 said | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 done | punct |
| 13 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 11 done | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | i | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present · passive | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: What does Psalm 51 add?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 add | obl |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 add | aux |
| 3 | Psalm | Psalm | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 add | nsubj |
| 4 | 51 | 51 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 Psalm | flat |
| 5 | add | add | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 add | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present · do-support | Psalm | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Saying it five times is enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 enough | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 times | nummod |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Saying | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 enough | cop |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | it | time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Saying | enough property | tree rules |
Option 2
You should never say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 say | advmod |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: apologize | should | You | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Sorry only counts in church
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 counts | advmod |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 church | case |
| 5 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | Sorry | church | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A real sorry asks for a changed, clean heart, not just words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sorry | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sorry | amod |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 heart | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 heart | det |
| 7 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 heart | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 changed | punct |
| 9 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 heart | amod |
| 10 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 words | punct |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 words | advmod |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 words | advmod |
| 14 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 heart | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a real sorry | for a changed clean heart and words | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | change | participle | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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