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Test 9 · ★ · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness

Classmate: "Saying thank you is pointless, they had to give it to you anyway." Best-reasoned reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Classmate, they · What happens: say, thank, be, have, give, reason · To what, where: you, Classmate, reply · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Classmate: "Saying thank you is pointless, they had to give it to you anyway."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pointless	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Saying	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Saying	punct
4	Saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Classmate	acl
5	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Saying	ccomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 thank	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pointless	cop
8	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 pointless	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 give	mark
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 had	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 give	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 you	case
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 give	obl
17	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	13 give	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 pointless	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 pointless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	gerund	Classmate not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	thank speech: thank in a quote	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	Classmate					pointless property	tree rules
4	have in a quote	past	they						tree rules
5	give in a quote	to-infinitive	they not said here	Classmate	you			anyway property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Recipient

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: Best-reasoned reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 reasoned	advmod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Best	punct
3	reasoned	reason	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reasoned	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reasoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reason	participle		reply					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Theme

The options

Option 1

Thanks is pointless, you're right, nobody needs it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pointless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pointless	cop
3	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 right	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 right	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 right	cop
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pointless	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 needs	punct
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 needs	nsubj
10	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pointless	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Thanks					pointless property	tree rules
2	is	present	you					right property	tree rules
3	need	present	nobody	Thanks					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2

Saying thanks is a rule, so just do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 rule	csubj
2	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rule	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 do	advmod
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rule	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		thanks					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic
2	is a	present	Saying	a rule					tree rules
3	do	infinitive	a rule not said here	thanks					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

You only say thanks so you get more next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 say	advmod
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 say	advcl
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 time	amod
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	You	thanks					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic
2	get	present	you				time		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thanks shows you noticed their kindness, and it makes both of you happier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 noticed	nsubj
4	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	ccomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 kindness	nmod:poss
6	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 noticed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 makes	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 makes	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 makes	nsubj
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	conj
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	10 makes	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 you	case
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 both	nmod
14	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Thanks						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	notice	past	you	their kindness					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kindness=Stimulus
3	make	present	Thanks	both				happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material both=Product

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