Test 7 · What is an ethics olympiad?

A judge asks: "Who else might be affected that you didn't mention?" What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge, you, best reply · What happens: ask, affect, not mention, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: A judge asks: "Who else might be affected that you didn't mention?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 affected	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 affected	punct
6	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 affected	obl
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 Who	advmod
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 affected	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 affected	aux:pass
10	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 asks	ccomp
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 mention	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 mention	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 mention	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 mention	advmod
15	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 affected	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a judge	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	affect in a quote	might · passive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	not mention speech: other in a quote	past · do-support	you	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 is the best reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Refuse to answer because it was not part of your planned speech

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 answer	mark
3	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refuse	xcomp
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 part	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 part	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 part	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 part	advmod
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answer	advcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 speech	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 speech	nmod:poss
11	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 speech	amod
12	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	imperative	you not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	past	it	part	of your planned speech	tree rules
4	plan	participle				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	speak		your			nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Think again and name people or animals left out, like the neighbours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	again	again	ADV	_	1 Think	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 name	cc
4	name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Think	conj
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 name	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 animals	cc
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 people	conj
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 people	acl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 left	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 neighbours	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 neighbours	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 neighbours	det
13	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 name	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	think speech: other	imperative	you not said here		again	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	name	infinitive	you not said here	people or animals		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme neighbour=Attribute
3	leave out	participle		people or animals not said here		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Say that only the main person in the story really matters at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 matters	mark
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 person	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 person	det
5	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 matters	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 story	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 story	det
9	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nmod
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 matters	advmod
11	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	matter	present	the main person in the story			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Say the judge is wrong, because you have already said everyone important

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 judge	det
3	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrong	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wrong	cop
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 said	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 said	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 said	aux
10	already	already	ADV	_	11 said	advmod
11	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Say	ccomp
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 said	nsubj
13	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 everyone	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present	the judge	wrong property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present · perfect	you		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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