Test 1 · ★ · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

My cousin says consequences thinking means "do whatever you want if it turns out fine". Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, consequences thinking, you, thinking · What happens: say, mean, do, want, turn out, put · To what, where: whatever, cousin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 37 «Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character» 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 cousin says consequences thinking means "do whatever you want if it turns out fine".

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	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thinking	compound
5	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	ccomp
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 do	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 want	nsubj
11	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 whatever	acl:relcl
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 turns	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 turns	nsubj
14	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 do	advcl
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 turns	compound:prt
16	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 turns	xcomp
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	consequences thinking			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do in a quote	infinitive		whatever		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality
4	want in a quote	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	turn out a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	thinking		fine property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: 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		cousin			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

It means following rules even if the results are terrible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 rules	amod
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 terrible	nsubj
5	even	even	ADV	_	8 results	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 results	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 results	det
8	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rules	nmod
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 terrible	cop
10	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	following rules the results	terrible property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if things turn out fine for you in the end, then it was right to do

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 turn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 turn	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 turn	mark
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turn	nsubj
5	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 turn	compound:prt
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 turn	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 right	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 right	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 do	mark
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 right	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	turn out	present	things	in the end	for you; fine property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in end=Location
2	is	past	it	then	right property	tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It means choosing the best results for everyone affected, not just you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	choosing	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 results	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 results	amod
6	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 choosing	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 choosing	obl
9	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 everyone	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 you	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 you	advmod
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 you	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	choose not said to happen	gerund		the best results	for everyone	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent result=Theme for everyone=Beneficiary
3	affect	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, and if nobody finds out then there are no results at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 results	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 results	cc
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 finds	mark
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 finds	nsubj
6	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 results	csubj
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 finds	compound:prt
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 are	advmod
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 are	expl
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 results	cop
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 results	det
12	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 results	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out a condition, not said to happen	present	nobody						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		no results		all			tree rules

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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