Test 10 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back
Noah asks, "Did Joseph's brothers feel bad for twenty years?" What does the Bible suggest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Noah, brothers, Bible · What happens: ask, feel, suggest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» 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: Noah asks, "Did Joseph's brothers feel bad for twenty years?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 5 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 feel | aux |
| 6 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Joseph | case |
| 8 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 feel | nsubj |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feel | xcomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 12 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 years | nummod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 feel | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Noah | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | feel in a quote | past · do-support | Joseph's brothers | year | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 the Bible suggest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 suggest | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 suggest | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Bible | det |
| 4 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 suggest | nsubj |
| 5 | suggest | suggest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 suggest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | present · do-support | the Bible | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Their hidden guilt stayed with them, and forgiveness finally brought peace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 guilt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 guilt | amod |
| 3 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 forgiveness | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 forgiveness | cc |
| 9 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | parataxis |
| 10 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 11 brought | advmod |
| 11 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 forgiveness | acl |
| 12 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 brought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | Their hidden guilt | with them = they | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location | ||||
| 2 | bring | participle | forgiveness not said here | peace | finally property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |
Option 2
They never felt bad at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 felt | advmod |
| 3 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 felt | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | past | They | all | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
They forgot about it the very next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 next | advmod |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | They | day | about it | tree rules |
Option 4
Joseph never found out what they did
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 found | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 found | advmod |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 found | compound:prt |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 did | obj |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 found | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not find out | past | Joseph | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | past | they | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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