Test 4 · ★ · Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside
Ben shouts, "I'm the best singer in the world, the haters are just jealous!" What does Proverbs 27:17 suggest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, haters, Proverbs · What happens: shout, be, suggest · To what, where: best singer, world · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 98 «Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside» 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: Ben shouts, "I'm the best singer in the world, the haters are just jealous!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 singer | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 singer | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 singer | nsubj |
| 6 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 singer | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 singer | det |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 singer | amod |
| 9 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shouts | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 world | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 world | det |
| 12 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 singer | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 jealous | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 haters | det |
| 15 | haters | hater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 jealous | nsubj |
| 16 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 jealous | cop |
| 17 | just | just | ADV | _ | 18 jealous | advmod |
| 18 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shouts | parataxis |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 18 jealous | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 jealous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Ben | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Ben | the best singer | the world | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the haters | jealous property | tree rules |
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 27:17 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 | Proverbs | Proverb | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 suggest | nsubj |
| 4 | 27:17 | 27:17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 Proverbs | flat |
| 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 | Proverbs | 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
Listen to people who care about you; they help you grow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 people | case |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Listen | obl |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 care | nsubj |
| 5 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 people | acl:relcl |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 care | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 help | punct |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 help | nsubj |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Listen | parataxis |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 help | obj |
| 12 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 help | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | imperative | you not said here | to people | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to people=Theme | ||||
| 2 | care | present | people | about you | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about you=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | help | present | people | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | grow | infinitive | you not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Never listen to anyone but yourself
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 | _ | 4 anyone | case |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 listen | obl |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 2 listen | cc |
| 6 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not listen | imperative | you not said here | yourself | to anyone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to anyone=Theme |
Option 3
Everyone who disagrees with him is just jealous of his voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 jealous | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 disagrees | nsubj |
| 3 | disagrees | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Everyone | acl:relcl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 disagrees | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 jealous | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 jealous | advmod |
| 8 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 voice | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 voice | nmod:poss |
| 11 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jealous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disagree | present | with him = he | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Everyone | of his voice; jealous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Sing louder so they can hear better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Sing | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 hear | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 hear | aux |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Sing | advcl |
| 7 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 hear | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | imperative | you not said here | loud property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hear | can | they | good property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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