Test 11 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★
Ruby: "You took my seat — no wait, I left it to get a drink, and now you're in it." What matters most for a fair answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, I, you · What happens: take, leave, get, be, matter · To what, where: seat, wait, drink
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 103 «Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★» 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: Ruby: "You took my seat — no wait, I left it to get a drink, and now you're in it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ruby | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| 4 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 seat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 wait | punct |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 wait | det |
| 10 | wait | wait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seat | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 left | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 left | nsubj |
| 13 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 left | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 get | mark |
| 16 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 left | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 drink | det |
| 18 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 get | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 it | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 it | cc |
| 21 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 it | advmod |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 it | nsubj |
| 23 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 it | cop |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 it | case |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | past | Ruby | my seat and no wait | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | past | I | wait | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | a drink | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drink=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | you | drink | now | 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 matters most for a fair answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 matters | nsubj |
| 2 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 matters | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 answer | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 answer | det |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 answer | amod |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 matters | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 matters | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | for a fair answer | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Who has the nicer bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bag | det |
| 4 | nicer | nice | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 bag | amod |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the nicer bag | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |
Option 2
Who got to the seat first this morning, before the bell went at all
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 seat | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 seat | det |
| 5 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 got | advmod |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 morning | det |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 went | punct |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 went | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bell | det |
| 12 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 went | nsubj |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | morning | to the seat result; first property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to seat=Result | ||||
| 2 | go | past | the bell | all | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
Option 3
Who is taller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 taller | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 taller | cop |
| 3 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | tall property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Whether the seat was free or saved when she left
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 free | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 seat | det |
| 3 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 free | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | cop |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 saved | cc |
| 7 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 free | conj |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 left | advmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 left | nsubj |
| 10 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the seat | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | save | participle | the seat not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | leave | past | she | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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