Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad practice: the hardest cases

Your mate says, "Letting him copy is kind, so it's fine." What is the best-reasoned reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, reasoned reply · What happens: say, let, copy, be, reason · To what, where: mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» 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: Your mate says, "Letting him copy is kind, so it's fine."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Letting	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Letting	punct
6	Letting	let	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 says	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Letting	obj
8	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Letting	xcomp
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 kind	cop
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 copy	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 fine	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fine	expl
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let in a quote	gerund		mate		tree rules
3	copy in a quote	infinitive	mate not said here			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	mate not said here		kind property	tree rules
5	is in a quote	present			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 the best-reasoned reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 reasoned	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reply	amod
7	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the reasoned reply						tree rules
2	reason	participle							vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Kindness matters, but helping him study is kind and honest, while copying hides the problem

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 matters	nsubj
2	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kind	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 kind	cc
5	helping	help	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 kind	csubj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 helping	obj
7	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helping	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 kind	cop
9	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 matters	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 honest	cc
11	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kind	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hides	punct
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 hides	mark
14	copying	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 hides	nsubj
15	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 matters	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 problem	det
17	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	matter	present	Kindness			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	help	gerund		Kindness		tree rules
3	is	present	helping		kind property	tree rules
4	be		helping not said here			tree rules
5	copy	gerund				vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	hide	present		the problem		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Patient

Option 2

He's right, any kindness makes cheating fine

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 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 makes	punct
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 kindness	det
6	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	nsubj
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
8	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	obj
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	make	present	any kindness	cheating				fine property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cheating=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It's fine if you only let him copy once a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 let	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 let	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	csubj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 copy	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 once	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	let a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	you	him = he		tree rules
3	copy	infinitive	him = he not said here		once property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Copying is fine if he's your best friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 friend	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 friend	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 friend	cop
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 friend	nmod:poss
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 friend	amod
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Copying					fine property	tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	he	your best friend					tree rules

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