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Test 6 · ★ · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

Your sister says a promise doesn't count if you were in a bad mood when you made it. What would rules thinking say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, promise, you, rules · What happens: say, not count, be, make, think · To what, where: bad mood, promise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Your sister says a promise doesn't count if you were in a bad mood when you made it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 promise	det
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 count	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 count	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 count	advmod
8	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 mood	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 mood	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 mood	cop
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 mood	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 mood	det
14	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 mood	amod
15	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 count	advcl
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 made	advmod
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 made	nsubj
18	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 count	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 made	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not count	present · do-support	a promise						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	you			a bad mood			tree rules
4	make	past	you	promise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

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 would rules thinking say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
4	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 rules	acl
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund	rules not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	would	rules						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Only written promises count, spoken ones are just words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 written	advmod
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 promises	amod
3	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 count	nsubj
4	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 words	punct
6	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ones	amod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 words	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 words	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 words	advmod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	count	present	written promises						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	speak speech: other	participle							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	spoken ones	words					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A promise only counts if keeping it is fun for you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counts	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 counts	advmod
4	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 fun	mark
6	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fun	csubj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keeping	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fun	cop
9	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 counts	ccomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 fun	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	a promise						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	keep	gerund		promise					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	keeping					for you; fun property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A promise freely given is still a duty, even in a bad mood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 duty	nsubj
3	freely	freely	ADV	_	4 given	advmod
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 promise	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 duty	cop
6	still	still	ADV	_	8 duty	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 duty	det
8	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mood	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	14 mood	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 mood	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mood	det
13	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mood	amod
14	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 duty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		a promise not said here				freely property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	a promise	a duty and a bad mood			still		tree rules

Option 4

Promises in a bad mood never count, so you can ignore them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 count	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 mood	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mood	det
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mood	amod
5	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Promises	nmod
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 count	advmod
7	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ignore	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 ignore	advmod
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 ignore	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 ignore	aux
12	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 count	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ignore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not count	present	Promises in a bad mood						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	ignore	can	you	Promises = promise					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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