Test 1 · What is an ethics olympiad?

My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loudest team wins. What would you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big brother, ethics olympiad, loudest team, you · What happens: say, argue, win, tell · To what, where: team · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 36 «What is an ethics olympiad?» 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: My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loudest team wins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 olympiad	det
6	ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 olympiad	compound
7	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arguing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 arguing	aux
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 arguing	advmod
10	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wins	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 team	det
13	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 team	amod
14	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wins	nsubj
15	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My big brother	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	argue speech: disagree	present · progressive	the ethics olympiad	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	win	present	the loudest team	vn succeed-74-2 «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 would you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	would	you		team				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, judges mark reasons, listening and respect, not loudness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 mark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mark	punct
3	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mark	nsubj
4	mark	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mark	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 listening	punct
7	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 mark	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 respect	cc
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 listening	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 loudness	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 loudness	advmod
12	loudness	loudness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 listening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	judges	reasons					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent reason=Destination
2	listen	gerund	judges not said here	loudness					vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, but only in the last round when the judges are tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 round	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 round	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 round	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 round	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 round	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 round	amod
8	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 tired	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 judges	det
11	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tired	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 tired	cop
13	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 round	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the judges					tired property	tree rules

Option 3

No, the winners are picked by drawing names from a hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 picked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 winners	det
4	winners	winner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 picked	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 picked	aux:pass
6	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 drawing	mark
8	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 picked	advcl
9	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drawing	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 hat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hat	det
12	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drawing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present · passive		the winners					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	draw	gerund		names		a hat			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent name=Theme from hat=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the team that shouts the longest always gets the points

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 team	det
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gets	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shouts	nsubj
6	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 team	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 longest	det
8	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 shouts	obj
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 gets	advmod
10	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 points	det
12	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	the team	the longest					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent long=Topic
2	get	present	the team	the points				always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer point=Stimulus

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