Test 6 · ★★ · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties
The class rule says: "Only the boys play football at break." What should the class do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: class rule, boys, class · What happens: say, play, do · To what, where: football, break · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: The class rule says: "Only the boys play football at break."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rule | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rule | compound |
| 3 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 play | punct |
| 7 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 9 boys | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 boys | det |
| 9 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 play | nsubj |
| 10 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 break | case |
| 13 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 play | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 play | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the class rule | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | play in a quote | present | the boys | football | break | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=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: What should the class do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 class | det |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | the class | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask the teacher to change it fairly, since it shuts girls out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 change | mark |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 change | obj |
| 7 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 5 change | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 shuts | punct |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 11 shuts | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 shuts | nsubj |
| 11 | shuts | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | conj |
| 12 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 shuts | obj |
| 13 | out | out | ADV | _ | 11 shuts | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | change not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | teacher | fairly property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 3 | shut out | present | teacher | girls | out property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
Option 2
Make a new rule only girls can play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rule | amod |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 girls | advmod |
| 6 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 play | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 play | aux |
| 8 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 rule | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | a new rule | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product | ||||
| 2 | play | can | girls | a new rule not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
Option 3
Ignore the rule and start a fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rule | det |
| 3 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 start | cc |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ignore | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fight | det |
| 7 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 start | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | the rule | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme | ||||
| 2 | start | infinitive | you not said here | a fight | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
Option 4
Obey it, because rules are rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obey | obey | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Obey | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 rules | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 rules | mark |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 rules | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rules | cop |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Obey | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obey | imperative | you not said here | it | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | rules | rules | tree rules |
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