Test 10 · ★★ · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties

Judge's follow-up: "Should children always obey every rule?" Best-reasoned answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: children · What happens: obey, reason · To what, where: rule, answer

This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Judge's follow-up: "Should children always obey every rule?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Judge	Judge	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 up	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Judge	case
3	follow	follow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 up	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
5	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 obey	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 obey	punct
8	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 obey	aux
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 obey	nsubj
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 obey	advmod
11	obey	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 up	conj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 rule	det
13	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obey	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 up	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey in a quote	should	children	every rule				always property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=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: Best-reasoned answer?

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	answer	answer	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		answer					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mostly, as good rules protect us; unfair ones should be changed by fair means

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	_	6 protect	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mostly	punct
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rules	amod
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 protect	nsubj
6	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 means	ccomp
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 protect	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 changed	punct
9	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 changed	nsubj:pass
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 changed	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 changed	aux:pass
13	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 protect	parataxis
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 fair	case
15	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 changed	obl
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	protect	present	good rules		us	mostly property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary
2	change	should · passive		unfair ones		by fair	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Option 2

Only when somebody is watching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 watching	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	5 watching	mark
3	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 watching	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 watching	aux
5	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	present · progressive	somebody						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, rules are for babies and can be ignored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 rules	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 babies	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 babies	cop
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 babies	case
6	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ignored	cc
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 ignored	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 ignored	aux:pass
10	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 babies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	rules					for babies	tree rules
2	ignore	can · passive	rules not said here						vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»

Option 4

Yes, always, because rules are made by adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 made	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 always	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 made	mark
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 adults	case
10	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	adults	rules				always property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

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