Test 11 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount

A new girl gets left out of the game at break. Using the Golden Rule, what should you do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new girl, you · What happens: get, leave out, use, do · To what, where: game, Golden Rule

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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: A new girl gets left out of the game at break.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 girl	amod
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gets	xcomp
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 game	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 break	case
11	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 game	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	a new girl						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	leave out	participle	a new girl not said here	the game at break					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

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: Using the Golden Rule, what should you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rule	det
3	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Rule	amod
4	Rule	Rule	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 do	obj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 Rule	acl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Using	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		the Golden Rule					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
2	do	should	you	the Golden Rule					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Leave her alone, because she isn't really your friend yet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 friend	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 friend	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 friend	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 friend	cop
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 friend	advmod
9	really	really	ADV	_	11 friend	advmod
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friend	nmod:poss
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	advcl
12	yet	yet	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	her = she			yet	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	not is a	present	she	your friend					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her the game is full so she isn't hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 full	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 full	cop
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 hurt	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hurt	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux:pass
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hurt	advmod
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	is	present	the game			full property	tree rules
3	not hurt	present · passive		she			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ask her to join, as you would want if you were new

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 join	mark
4	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 want	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 want	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 want	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 want	aux
9	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	conj
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 new	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 new	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 new	cop
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 want	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	her = she		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	join not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	want	would	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	is a condition, not said to happen	past	you		new property	tree rules

Option 4

Wait to see if the others want her first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 see	mark
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 want	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 others	det
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 want	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 want	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	want a condition, not said to happen	present	the others	her = she	first property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

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