Test 4 · What is an ethics olympiad?

At practice, Zoe says: "Our answer is right because I said so, end of." What is wrong with this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zoe, answer, Our · What happens: say, be, answer · To what, where: practice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: At practice, Zoe says: "Our answer is right because I said so, end of."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 practice	case
2	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 practice	punct
4	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
8	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 answer	nmod:poss
9	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 right	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 said	mark
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 right	advcl
15	so	so	ADV	_	14 said	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 end	punct
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 right	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	17 end	case
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Zoe	practice			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Our answer		of end	right property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Zoe				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	answer in a quote		Our				nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=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 is wrong with this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 this	case
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with this; wrong property	tree rules

The options

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

She gives no reason others can weigh, so it is not a reasoned view

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 reason	det
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 weigh	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 weigh	aux
7	weigh	weigh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 view	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 view	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 view	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 view	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 view	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 view	det
14	reasoned	reasoned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 view	amod
15	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present	She	no reason	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	weigh	can	others	no reason not said here	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme reason=Value
3	not is a	present	reason	a reasoned view	tree rules

Option 2

Nothing, because a confident answer is always the strongest answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 answer	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 answer	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 answer	det
5	confident	confident	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 answer	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 answer	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 answer	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 answer	det
10	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 answer	amod
11	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a confident answer	the strongest answer				always property	tree rules

Option 3

She should have said a famous person said it instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	aux
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	obj
10	instead	instead	ADV	_	8 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should · perfect	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	a famous person	it				instead property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

She should have said it more loudly so judges hear it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	aux
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	obj
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 loudly	advmod
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 hear	mark
9	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hear	nsubj
10	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should · perfect	She	it				loudly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	hear	present	judges	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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