Test 8 · ★ · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness
There are 9 sweets and 3 kids; Ollie, the biggest, takes 5 "cos I'm bigger". Is his reason fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: 9 sweets, Ollie, I, reason · What happens: be, take · To what, where: 5
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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: There are 9 sweets and 3 kids; Ollie, the biggest, takes 5 "cos I'm bigger".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 are | expl |
| 2 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 sweets | nummod |
| 4 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 are | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 kids | cc |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 kids | nummod |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sweets | conj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 Ollie | punct |
| 9 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 takes | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 biggest | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 biggest | det |
| 12 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 Ollie | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 takes | punct |
| 14 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sweets | parataxis |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 takes | obj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 5 | punct |
| 17 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 20 bigger | mark |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 bigger | nsubj |
| 19 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 bigger | cop |
| 20 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 takes | advcl |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 bigger | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 are | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | 9 sweets and 3 kids | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | present | Ollie | 5 | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | big 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: Is his reason fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fair | cop |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 reason | nmod:poss |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fair | nsubj |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ollie's reason | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, being bigger does not give a fair claim to more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bigger | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 bigger | cop |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 give | csubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 give | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 give | advmod |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 claim | det |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 claim | amod |
| 10 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 more | case |
| 12 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | big property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not give | present · do-support | a fair claim | more | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to more=Recipient |
Option 2
No, but only because sweets are unhealthy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 unhealthy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 unhealthy | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 unhealthy | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 unhealthy | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 unhealthy | mark |
| 6 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 unhealthy | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 unhealthy | cop |
| 8 | unhealthy | unhealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sweets | unhealthy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, because he got there first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 got | advmod |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | there | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yes, bigger people always deserve more because they need more food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 deserve | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 deserve | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 deserve | advmod |
| 6 | deserve | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 deserve | advmod |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 need | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 need | nsubj |
| 10 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 deserve | advcl |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 food | amod |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deserve | present | bigger people | always property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | people | more food | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |
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