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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!"

detnsubjobjxcompiobjpunctpunctadvclpunctdetnsubjparataxisnsubjcopadvmodccomppunctpunctrootADETcartoonNOUNshowsVERBRahabPROPNtellingVERBkidsNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTSeeVERB,PUNCTtheDETBiblePROPNsaysVERBlyingVERBisAUXalwaysADVfineADJ!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 cartoondet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsnsubj
3showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4RahabRahabPROPNNumber=Sing3 showsobj
5tellingtellVERBVerbForm=Ger3 showsxcomp
6kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur5 tellingiobj
7,,PUNCT_9 Seepunct
8""PUNCT_9 Seepunct
9SeeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf5 tellingadvcl
10,,PUNCT_13 sayspunct
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Bibledet
12BibleBiblePROPNNumber=Sing13 saysnsubj
13sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 showsparataxis
14lyinglieVERBVerbForm=Ger17 finensubj
15isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 finecop
16alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot17 fineadvmod
17finefineADJDegree=Pos13 saysccomp
18!!PUNCT_17 finepunct
19""PUNCT_3 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresenta cartoonRahabvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent rahab=Recipient clause=Topic
2tell speech: assertgerunda cartoon not said herekidsvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
3see in a quoteinfinitivea cartoon not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4say speech: assert in a quotepresentthe Biblevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5lie in a quotegerundvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6is in a quotepresentalways, fine propertytree 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Rahab never lied in the Bible

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblrootRahabPROPNneverADVliedVERBinADPtheDETBiblePROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RahabRahabPROPNNumber=Sing3 liednsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 liedadvmod
3liedlieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_6 Biblecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Bibledet
6BibleBiblePROPNNumber=Sing3 liedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not liepastRahabthe Biblevn 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
detnsubjnmod:possobjccconjpunctdetnsubj:passnmod:unmarkedaux:passadvmodconjadvmodrootTheDETBiblePROPNpraisesVERBherPRONfaithNOUNandCCONJcourageNOUN;PUNCTtheDETlieNOUNitselfPRONisAUXstillADVarguedVERBaboutADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Bibledet
2BibleBiblePROPNNumber=Sing3 praisesnsubj
3praisespraiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 faithnmod:poss
5faithfaithNOUNNumber=Sing3 praisesobj
6andandCCONJ_7 couragecc
7couragecourageNOUNNumber=Sing5 faithconj
8;;PUNCT_14 arguedpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 liedet
10lielieNOUNNumber=Sing14 arguednsubj:pass
11itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes10 lienmod:unmarked
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 arguedaux:pass
13stillstillADV_14 arguedadvmod
14arguedargueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 praisesconj
15aboutaboutADV_14 arguedadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1praisepresentthe BibleBible's faith and couragevn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme
2argue speech: disagreepresent · passivethe lie liestillabout propertyvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic

Option 3

The spies lied, not Rahab

detnsubjpunctadvmodoblrootTheDETspiesNOUNliedVERB,PUNCTnotPARTRahabPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 spiesdet
2spiesspyNOUNNumber=Plur3 liednsubj
3liedlieVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 Rahabpunct
5notnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 Rahabadvmod
6RahabRahabPROPNNumber=Sing3 liedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1liepastthe spiesRahabvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing; the Bible says lying is always fine

nsubjpunctdetnsubjacl:relclobjcopadvmodrootNothingPRON;PUNCTtheDETBiblePROPNsaysVERBlyingVERBisAUXalwaysADVfineADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg9 finensubj
2;;PUNCT_5 sayspunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 Bibledet
4BibleBiblePROPNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Nothingacl:relcl
6lyinglieVERBVerbForm=Ger5 saysobj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 finecop
8alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot9 fineadvmod
9finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentthe Biblevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2liegerundvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3ispresentNothingalways, fine propertytree rules

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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