Test 1 · ★★ · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties
"mate dared me to climb the garage roof, I'd look like a chicken if I don't." What is the best-reasoned choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, I, best reasoned choice · What happens: dare, climb, look, not do, be, reason · To what, where: me, garage roof
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» 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: "mate dared me to climb the garage roof, I'd look like a chicken if I don't."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 dared | punct |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dared | nsubj |
| 3 | dared | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 dared | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 climb | mark |
| 6 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dared | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 roof | det |
| 8 | garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 roof | compound |
| 9 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 climb | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 look | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 look | nsubj |
| 12 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 look | aux |
| 13 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 climb | conj |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 chicken | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 chicken | det |
| 16 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 look | obl |
| 17 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 do | mark |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 do | nsubj |
| 19 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 look | advcl |
| 20 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 do | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dared | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 dared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare in a quote | past | mate | me | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | climb in a quote | to-infinitive | mate not said here | the garage roof | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location roof=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look in a quote | would | I | like a chicken | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | not do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 the best-reasoned choice?
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 choice | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 choice | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| 6 | reasoned | reason | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 choice | amod |
| 7 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reasoned choice | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | reason | participle | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Do it, but only if nobody is filming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 filming | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 filming | cc |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 filming | advmod |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 filming | mark |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 filming | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 filming | aux |
| 9 | filming | film | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Do | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | film a condition, not said to happen | present · progressive | nobody | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Say no, and tell everyone he's a loser
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 loser | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 loser | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 loser | det |
| 10 | loser | loser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | he | a loser | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Say no; real courage is not taking stupid risks to look cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 taking | punct |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 courage | amod |
| 5 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taking | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 taking | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 taking | advmod |
| 8 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Say | advcl |
| 9 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 risks | amod |
| 10 | risks | risk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 taking | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 look | mark |
| 12 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 taking | advcl |
| 13 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 look | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not take | present · progressive | real courage | stupid risks | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | real courage not said here | cool property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Do it, because looking brave matters most
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 matters | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 matters | mark |
| 5 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 matters | csubj |
| 6 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looking | xcomp |
| 7 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | parataxis |
| 8 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 matters | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | brave property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | matter | present | looking | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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