Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★
One kid flicks paint and nobody owns up, so Miss keeps y'all in at break. A reasoned view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: One kid, nobody, Miss · What happens: flick, own up, keep · To what, where: paint, break
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: One kid flicks paint and nobody owns up, so Miss keeps y'all in at break.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kid | nummod |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flicks | nsubj |
| 3 | flicks | flick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flicks | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 owns | cc |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 owns | nsubj |
| 7 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 flicks | conj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 owns | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 keeps | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 keeps | advmod |
| 11 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 keeps | nsubj |
| 12 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 flicks | conj |
| 13 | y'all | y'all | ADV | _ | 14 in | advmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADV | _ | 12 keeps | advmod |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 break | case |
| 16 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 keeps | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 flicks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flick | present | One kid | paint | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Theme | ||||
| 2 | own up | present | nobody | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | keep | present | Miss | break | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at break=Location |
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: A reasoned view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 view | det |
| 2 | reasoned | reasoned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 view | amod |
| 3 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 view | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's unfair because breaks are never allowed to be stopped
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 unfair | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unfair | cop |
| 3 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 allowed | mark |
| 5 | breaks | break | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 allowed | aux:pass |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 allowed | advmod |
| 8 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 unfair | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 stopped | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 stopped | aux:pass |
| 11 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | unfair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not allow | present · passive | breaks | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | stop not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | breaks not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» |
Option 2
It's fair only if the class is very big
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 fair | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 big | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 big | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 big | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 big | cop |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 big | advmod |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fair | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the class | big property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's always perfectly fair, end of
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 | 5 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fair | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 fair | advmod |
| 4 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 5 fair | advmod |
| 5 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 end | punct |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fair | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | of end | always, fair, perfectly property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Many feel it's unfair to punish everyone, though some say it pushes the guilty one to own up
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 unfair | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 unfair | cop |
| 5 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 punish | mark |
| 7 | punish | punish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 unfair | csubj |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 punish | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 say | punct |
| 10 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 12 say | mark |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 say | nsubj |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 feel | parataxis |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 pushes | nsubj |
| 14 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 say | ccomp |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 one | det |
| 16 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 one | amod |
| 17 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 pushes | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 own | mark |
| 19 | own | own | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 one | acl |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 own | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Many | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | unfair property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | punish | to-infinitive | everyone | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | some | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | push | present | it | the guilty one | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 6 | own up | to-infinitive | the guilty one not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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