Test 3 · ★ · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

mate, Jack's mum asked if he was at the park and i lied to cover for him cos he'd get grounded. no harm done right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Jack, i · What happens: ask, be, lie, cover, ground, do · To what, where: harm, park, Jack

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mum	punct
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mum	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Jack	case
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 mate	conj
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 park	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 park	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 park	cop
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 park	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 park	det
12	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	ccomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lied	cc
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 lied	nsubj
15	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 cover	mark
17	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 lied	advcl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 cover	obl
20	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	24 grounded	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 grounded	nsubj
22	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 grounded	aux
23	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 grounded	aux:pass
24	grounded	ground	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 cover	advcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 asked	punct
26	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	27 harm	det
27	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obj
28	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 harm	acl
29	right	right	ADV	_	28 done	advmod
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	mate and Jack's mum	no harm			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent harm=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Jack		the park		tree rules
3	lie	past	i				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	cover	to-infinitive	i not said here			for Jack	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
5	ground	would · passive		Jack			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination
6	do	participle		no harm not said here		right property	vn act-114-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Totally fine, a mate always comes first whatever happens and whatever you said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	2 fine	advmod
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 comes	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mate	det
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 comes	advmod
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 fine	parataxis
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 comes	advmod
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 happens	nsubj
10	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 comes	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 whatever	cc
12	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 happens	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	come	present	a mate	always, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	happen	present	whatever		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	you		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Fine, because his mum will never find out, so nothing bad happened at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 find	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 find	advmod
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fine	parataxis
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 find	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 happened	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 happened	advmod
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 happened	nsubj
13	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nothing	amod
14	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Fine	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find out	future	his mum						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	happen	participle	nothing			all			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 3

Fine, because grown-ups lie all the time so children are allowed to as well

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lie	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 lie	mark
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ups	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 grown	punct
6	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lie	nsubj
7	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	parataxis
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lie	obl:unmarked
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 allowed	mark
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 allowed	nsubj:pass
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 allowed	aux:pass
14	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 lie	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 as	mark
16	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	14 allowed	advmod
17	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lie	present	grown ups		time	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	allow	present · passive		children		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Lying broke trust and a rule, and the "no harm" may not last; telling him to own up is wiser

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rule	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rule	det
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trust	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 last	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 last	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 harm	det
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 harm	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 harm	det
12	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 last	nsubj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 harm	punct
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 last	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 last	advmod
16	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 broke	conj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 telling	punct
18	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 wiser	csubj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 telling	iobj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 own	mark
21	own	own	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 telling	xcomp
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 own	compound:prt
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 wiser	cop
24	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 broke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break	past		trust and a rule			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient
3	not last	may	the harm				vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	gerund			harm		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	own up not said to happen	to-infinitive					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
6	is	present	telling			wise property	tree rules

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