Test 2 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong
"Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie. What does Proverbs 12:15 say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Shut whales, everyone, Proverbs · What happens: shut up, be, know, snap, say · To what, where: fish, that, Maddie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: "Shut up, whales are fish, everyone knows that," snaps Maddie.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shut | punct |
| 2 | Shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 whales | amod |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 Shut | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Shut | punct |
| 5 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fish | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fish | cop |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 knows | punct |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 knows | nsubj |
| 10 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fish | parataxis |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 knows | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 snaps | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 snaps | punct |
| 14 | snaps | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 knows | conj |
| 15 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 snaps | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut up in a quote | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Shut whales | fish | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | everyone | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | snap | present | everyone not said here | Maddie | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location maddie=Theme |
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 Proverbs 12:15 say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | Proverbs | Proverb | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | 12:15 | 12:15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 Proverbs | flat |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Proverbs | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The loudest person is always right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 2 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 right | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 right | advmod |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the loudest person | always, right property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The wise listen to advice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wise | det |
| 2 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 listen | nsubj |
| 3 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 advice | case |
| 5 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | present | the wise | to advice | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to advice=Theme |
Option 3
Fools always win arguments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fools | fool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 win | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 win | advmod |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | arguments | argument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | Fools | arguments | always property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |
Option 4
Never listen to your friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 listen | advmod |
| 2 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 friends | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friends | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not listen | imperative | you not said here | to your friends | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to friend=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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