Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★
Team A at the olympiad says, "Team B is just wrong, they're silly." Why will judges mark A down?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Team B, they, judges · What happens: team, say, be, mark · To what, where: A, olympiad, down · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Team A at the olympiad says, "Team B is just wrong, they're silly."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team | team | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 1 Team | obj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 olympiad | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 olympiad | det |
| 5 | olympiad | olympiad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obl |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Team | parataxis |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wrong | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 wrong | punct |
| 9 | Team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 B | compound |
| 10 | B | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wrong | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 wrong | cop |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 wrong | advmod |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 says | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 silly | punct |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 silly | nsubj |
| 16 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 silly | cop |
| 17 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 wrong | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Team | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Team | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team | imperative | you not said here | A | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent a=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the olympiad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Team B | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | they | silly 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: Why will judges mark A down?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 mark | advmod |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mark | aux |
| 3 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mark | nsubj |
| 4 | mark | mark | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 down | det |
| 6 | down | down | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mark | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mark | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | future | judges | a down | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent down=Destination |
The options
Option 1
They agreed with Team B on everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 B | case |
| 4 | Team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 B | compound |
| 5 | B | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 agreed | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 everything | case |
| 7 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 agreed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | They | with Team B; on everything | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with b=Co-Agent on everything=Topic |
Option 2
They spoke too quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 quietly | advmod |
| 4 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 2 spoke | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | They | quietly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They attacked the people instead of answering the best argument
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 attacked | nsubj |
| 2 | attacked | attack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 people | det |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 attacked | obj |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 7 answering | mark |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 instead | fixed |
| 7 | answering | answer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 attacked | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 argument | det |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 argument | amod |
| 10 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 answering | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attack | past | They | the people | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | gerund | They not said here | the best argument | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
They gave too many good reasons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 many | advmod |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reasons | amod |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reasons | amod |
| 6 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | They | many good reasons | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
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