Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★

"Solomon was sus, he was gonna chop a baby!" says Ava. What is a better reading?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Solomon, Ava, better reading · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: "Solomon was sus, he was gonna chop a baby!" says Ava.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sus	punct
2	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sus	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sus	cop
4	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 chop	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chop	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 chop	cop
8	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 chop	dep
9	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sus	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 baby	det
11	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chop	obj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 sus	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sus	punct
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Solomon	suspect property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	past	Solomon	chop property	tree rules
3	say speech: express	present	Ava		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 a better reading?

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reading	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 reading	amod
5	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a better reading						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It was a test; he never meant to, and it showed the real mother's love

The tree, 16 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	4 test	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 test	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 test	det
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 meant	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 meant	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 meant	advmod
8	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 test	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	8 meant	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 showed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 showed	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 showed	nsubj
13	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 meant	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mother	det
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mother	amod
16	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 love	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 mother	case
18	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 showed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a test	tree rules
2	not mean	past	he		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	show	past	test	the real mother's love	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient
4	love		the real mother		nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The baby was a doll, so it didn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doll	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doll	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 doll	det
5	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 matter	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 matter	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 matter	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 matter	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 matter	advmod
11	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 doll	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the baby	a doll					tree rules
2	not matter	past · do-support	it	a doll not said here					tree rules

Option 3

Solomon wanted the baby for himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 himself	case
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Solomon	the baby				for Solomon	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot baby=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She's right, he really did chop the baby in two in front of everyone at court

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	_	8 chop	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chop	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 chop	advmod
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chop	aux
8	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 baby	det
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chop	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 two	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 chop	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 front	case
14	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chop	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 everyone	case
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 front	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 court	case
18	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 everyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	chop	past · do-support	he	the baby		two		in front of everyone	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent baby=Patient in two=Location

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