Test 10 · ★★ · Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly
Gehazi's lie needed another lie. What does this show about money lies?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lie, Gehazi, this · What happens: need, lie, show · To what, where: lie
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» 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: Gehazi's lie needed another lie.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gehazi | Gehazi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lie | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Gehazi | case |
| 3 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needed | nsubj |
| 4 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 lie | det |
| 6 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needed | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 needed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | past | Gehazi's lie | another lie | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lie=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lie | Gehazi | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=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 does this show about money lies?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 lies | case |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lies | compound |
| 7 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 show | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | about money lies | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about lie=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lies about money never need more lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | nsubj |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 3 money | case |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lies | nmod |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 need | advmod |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 lies | amod |
| 7 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present | Lies about money | more lies | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lie=Theme |
Option 2
Elisha should have kept quiet about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisha | Elisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 kept | aux |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | should · perfect | Elisha | about it; quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location |
Option 3
One lie is always enough to get away with it, if you're careful
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 lie | nummod |
| 2 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 enough | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 enough | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 enough | advmod |
| 5 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 enough | advcl |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 careful | punct |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 careful | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 careful | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 careful | cop |
| 15 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 enough | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | One lie | always, enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get away | to-infinitive | One lie not said here | with lie; away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | careful property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Lies tend to grow, so stopping at the first is easiest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tend | nsubj |
| 2 | tend | tend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 grow | mark |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tend | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stopping | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 stopping | advmod |
| 7 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 tend | advcl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 first | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 first | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 stopping | obl |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 easiest | cop |
| 12 | easiest | easy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 stopping | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tend | present | Lies | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | Lies not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stop | gerund | Lies not said here | the first | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at first=Location | ||||
| 4 | is | present | Lies not said here | easy property | tree rules |
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