Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★

Your mate goes, "It's only a bit unfair, no biggie," but he's been left out of every game for a week. What is he really saying?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, he · What happens: go, be, leave out, say · To what, where: he, game · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Your mate goes, "It's only a bit unfair, no biggie," but he's been left out of every game for a week.

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 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 unfair	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 unfair	punct
6	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 unfair	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 unfair	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 unfair	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bit	det
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unfair	obl:unmarked
11	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 goes	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 biggie	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 biggie	det
14	biggie	biggie	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unfair	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 biggie	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 unfair	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 left	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 left	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 left	aux
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 left	aux:pass
21	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 goes	conj
22	out	out	ADP	_	25 game	case
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 game	case
24	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	25 game	det
25	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 left	obl
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 week	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 week	det
28	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 left	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Your mate					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	mate				a bit obl:unmarked; unfair property	tree rules
3	leave out	present · passive		he	every game	week		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 he really saying?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 saying	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saying	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 saying	advmod
5	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He thinks all those games are boring anyway, so it's no loss

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	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 games	det:predet
4	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 games	det
5	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 boring	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boring	cop
7	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 boring	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 loss	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 loss	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loss	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 loss	cop
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 loss	det
14	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	all games		anyway, boring property	tree rules
3	is a	present	it	no loss		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It hurts more than he says; include him, maybe tell a teacher

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	2 hurts	nsubj
2	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 hurts	advmod
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hurts	advcl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 include	punct
8	include	include	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 hurts	parataxis
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 include	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
11	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	12 tell	advmod
12	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 include	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 teacher	det
14	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hurt	present	It				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	include	infinitive		him = he			vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a teacher	maybe property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 3

He actually wants to be left out of the games for a bit longer

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 wants	nsubj
2	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 wants	advmod
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 left	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wants	xcomp
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 games	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 games	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 games	det
10	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 left	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 bit	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bit	det
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
14	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 wants	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He					actually, long property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	leave out not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here	the games				for a bit	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: game=Theme

Option 4

It's fine, he truly does not mind being left out at all, honest

The tree, 14 words

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mind	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mind	nsubj
6	truly	truly	ADV	_	9 mind	advmod
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mind	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 mind	advmod
9	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	parataxis
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 left	aux:pass
11	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 mind	xcomp
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 left	compound:prt
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 left	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 honest	punct
16	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	not mind	present · do-support	he		truly property	vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	leave out	gerund · passive	he not said here	all		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»
4	be					tree 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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