Test 3 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

Ava, playing Zacchaeus, says, "He only paid back what he took." What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, Zacchaeus · What happens: play, say, pay back, take, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: Ava, playing Zacchaeus, says, "He only paid back what he took."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Zacchaeus	punct
3	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 Zacchaeus	amod
4	Zacchaeus	Zacchaeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ava	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ava	punct
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 paid	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 paid	punct
9	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 paid	nsubj
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 paid	advmod
11	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 paid	advmod
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 paid	obj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 took	nsubj
15	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	play	gerund		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Ava and playing Zacchaeus	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	pay back in a quote	past	Zacchaeus	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset
4	take in a quote	past	Zacchaeus	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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.

Sentence 2: What is wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He paid back twice what he took and kept the rest for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 paid	advmod
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 what	advmod
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 paid	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 took	nsubj
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 paid	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rest	det
11	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 himself	case
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pay back	past	He			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset
2	take	past	he			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	keep	past	He not said here	the rest	for himself = he	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He paid back four times and gave half his things to the poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 paid	advmod
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 times	nummod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paid	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 paid	conj
8	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	10 things	det:predet
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 things	nmod:poss
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 poor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 poor	det
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay back	past	He				time		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	He not said here	his things	the poor				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to poor=Recipient

Option 3

He paid back nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 paid	advmod
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 paid	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay back	past	He	nothing		all			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Asset

Option 4

He only gave money to Jesus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 gave	advmod
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Jesus	case
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	money	Jesus				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to jesus=Recipient

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