Test 5 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling
A cartoon shows Rahab telling kids, "See, the Bible says lying is always fine!" What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, Bible · What happens: show, tell, see, say, lie, be · To what, where: Rahab, kids · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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: A cartoon shows Rahab telling kids, "See, the Bible says lying is always fine!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Rahab | Rahab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 5 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 shows | xcomp |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 telling | iobj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 See | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 See | punct |
| 9 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 telling | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Bible | det |
| 12 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shows | parataxis |
| 14 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 fine | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fine | cop |
| 16 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 17 fine | advmod |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 says | ccomp |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 fine | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | Rahab | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent rahab=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | a cartoon not said here | kids | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | see in a quote | infinitive | a cartoon not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | the Bible | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | lie in a quote | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | always, fine 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 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
Rahab never lied in the Bible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rahab | Rahab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lied | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 lied | advmod |
| 3 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Bible | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Bible | det |
| 6 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not lie | past | Rahab | the Bible | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bible=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Bible praises her faith and courage; the lie itself is still argued about
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Bible | det |
| 2 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 praises | nsubj |
| 3 | praises | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 faith | nmod:poss |
| 5 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 praises | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 courage | cc |
| 7 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 faith | conj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 argued | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lie | det |
| 10 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 argued | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 10 lie | nmod:unmarked |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 argued | aux:pass |
| 13 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 argued | advmod |
| 14 | argued | argue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 praises | conj |
| 15 | about | about | ADV | _ | 14 argued | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | present | the Bible | Bible's faith and courage | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | ||||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | present · passive | the lie lie | still | about property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
The spies lied, not Rahab
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spies | det |
| 2 | spies | spy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lied | nsubj |
| 3 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Rahab | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 Rahab | advmod |
| 6 | Rahab | Rahab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | the spies | Rahab | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing; the Bible says lying is always fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Bible | det |
| 4 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 6 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 says | obj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 fine | advmod |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the Bible | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | Nothing | always, fine property | tree rules |
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