Test 11 · What is an ethics olympiad?

My little sister says ethics is just being nice. Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little sister, ethics, you · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 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 little sister says ethics is just being nice.

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nice	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 nice	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 nice	advmod
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 nice	cop
9	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My little sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	ethics					nice property	tree rules

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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		sister			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ethics is a school subject where you learn to be quiet in class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subject	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 subject	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 subject	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 subject	compound
5	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 learn	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 learn	nsubj
8	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 subject	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 quiet	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 quiet	cop
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 learn	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 class	case
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 learn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ethics	a school subject			tree rules
2	learn	present	you		class		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	to-infinitive	you not said here			quiet property	tree rules

Option 2

Ethics is only for grown-ups, so children do not need to bother

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ups	compound
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ups	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 ups	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 ups	case
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ups	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 need	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 need	advmod
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 need	nsubj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 need	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 need	advmod
13	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ups	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 bother	mark
15	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		for Ethics grown ups	tree rules
3	not need	present · do-support	children		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	bother not said to happen	to-infinitive	children not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Ethics is thinking about what is right and why, which can mean hard choices

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thinking	aux
3	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 right	mark
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 right	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 right	cop
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thinking	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mean	cc
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 mean	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mean	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 mean	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 mean	aux
13	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 right	conj
14	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 choices	amod
15	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · progressive	Ethics			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present			right property	tree rules
3	mean	can		hard choices		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Topic

Option 4

Ethics is a list of rules that you learn and never think about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 list	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 list	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 list	det
4	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rules	case
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 list	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 learn	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 learn	nsubj
9	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rules	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 think	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 think	advmod
12	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 learn	conj
13	about	about	ADV	_	12 think	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ethics	a list	of rules	tree rules
2	learn	present	you	rules		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic
3	not think about speech: other	infinitive	you not said here		about property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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