Test 9 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

A judge asks: «Why did Nathan use a story instead of shouting at the king?»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, Nathan · What happens: ask, use, shout · To what, where: story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct
6	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 use	advmod
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 use	aux
8	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 use	nsubj
9	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asks	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	obj
12	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 shouting	mark
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 instead	fixed
14	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 use	advcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 king	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 king	det
17	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shouting	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a judge			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use in a quote	past · do-support	Nathan	a story		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient
3	shout speech: express in a quote	gerund	Nathan not said here		at the king	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

Shouting was forbidden in the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	forbid	past · passive				the palace			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A story let David judge the wrong before seeing it was his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 let	obj
5	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wrong	det
7	wrong	wrong	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 judge	obj
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 seeing	mark
9	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 judge	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 own	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 own	cop
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seeing	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	a story	David		tree rules
2	judge	infinitive	David not said here	the wrong		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent wrong=Value
3	see	gerund	David not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	past	story		own property	tree rules

Option 3

David could not understand plain words, only stories and songs and riddles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 understand	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 understand	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 understand	advmod
4	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 understand	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stories	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 stories	advmod
9	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 words	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 songs	cc
11	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 words	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 riddles	cc
13	riddles	riddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 words	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not understand	could	David	plain words and stories and songs and riddles					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

Option 4

Nathan liked to entertain the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 entertain	mark
4	entertain	entertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 liked	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 entertain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	Nathan						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	entertain not said to happen	to-infinitive	Nathan not said here	the king					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer

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