Test 3 · ★★ · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties
You broke a window playing ball and nobody saw. What is the best-reasoned choice?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, nobody, best reasoned choice · What happens: break, play, see, be, reason · To what, where: window, ball
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: You broke a window playing ball and nobody saw.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 broke | nsubj |
| 2 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 window | det |
| 4 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | obj |
| 5 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 broke | advcl |
| 6 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 playing | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 saw | cc |
| 8 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 broke | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 broke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | You | a window | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient | ||||
| 2 | play | gerund | You not said here | ball | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | past | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Run off, because nobody saw it so it doesn't really count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Run | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 saw | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 count | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saw | obj |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 10 does | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 does | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 count | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 does | advmod |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 13 count | advmod |
| 13 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | past | nobody | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | count | present · do-support | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Own up and help pay; it is honest and keeps trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Own | own | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Own | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 help | cc |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Own | conj |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 help | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 honest | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 honest | expl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 honest | cop |
| 9 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Own | parataxis |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 keeps | cc |
| 11 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 honest | conj |
| 12 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 keeps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own up | imperative | you not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | help | infinitive | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | pay | infinitive | you not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | honest property | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | keep | present | trust | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Theme |
Option 3
Wait and own up only if someone asks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 own | cc |
| 3 | own | own | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 own | compound:prt |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 asks | advmod |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 asks | mark |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 asks | nsubj |
| 8 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 own | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | own up | infinitive | you not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen | present | someone | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Blame the wind, since windows break anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wind | det |
| 3 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 break | punct |
| 5 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 7 break | mark |
| 6 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 break | nsubj |
| 7 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Blame | parataxis |
| 8 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 7 break | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the wind | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme | ||||
| 2 | break | present | windows | anyway property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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