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Test 10 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

The vicar asks why the prodigal son's turning point was "coming to his senses". Which answer is best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vicar, turning point, prodigal son, answer · What happens: ask, come, point, be · To what, where: senses · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» 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: The vicar asks why the prodigal son's turning point was "coming to his senses".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vicar	det
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 coming	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 son	det
6	prodigal	prodigal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 son	amod
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 point	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 son	case
9	turning	turning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 point	compound
10	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 coming	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 coming	aux
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 coming	punct
13	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 asks	ccomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 senses	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 senses	nmod:poss
16	senses	sens	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 coming	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 coming	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the vicar						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	past · progressive	the prodigal son's turning point			point's senses			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sens=Initial_Location
3	point		the prodigal son						nom point «cognition transitive»: 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: Which answer is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 answer	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 best	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 best	cop
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He finally found the money he had lost in the far country

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 found	nsubj
2	finally	finally	ADV	_	3 found	advmod
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 money	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 country	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 country	det
11	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 country	amod
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	the money				finally property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic
2	lose	past · perfect	he	the money not said here		the far country			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality

Option 2

His father sent a letter asking him to come back home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 letter	det
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 letter	acl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asking	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asking	xcomp
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
11	home	home	ADV	_	9 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	His father	a letter					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	a letter not said here		father				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	come back not said to happen	to-infinitive	a letter not said here					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Being honest with himself was the first step home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 honest	cop
2	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 step	csubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 himself	case
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 honest	obl
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 step	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 step	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 step	amod
8	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 step	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						with himself = he; honest property	tree rules
2	is a	past		the first step				home property	tree rules

Option 4

The pigs he looked after told him it was time to go home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pigs	det
2	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looked	nsubj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 told	mark
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	iobj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 time	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 time	cop
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 time	acl
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the pigs						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	the pigs not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	is a	past	it	time					tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	the pigs not said here					home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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