Test 8 · ★ · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

What would happen if someone used only "the greatest good" and nothing else?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, use

This is test 8 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 good	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 good	nsubj
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 good	advcl
7	only	only	ADV	_	11 good	advmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 good	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 good	det
10	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 good	amod
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 happen	advcl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 good	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 nothing	cc
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 good	conj
15	else	else	ADV	_	14 nothing	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

They might treat a few people unfairly to please the many

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 treat	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 treat	aux
3	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 people	det
5	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 treat	obj
7	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	3 treat	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 please	mark
9	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 treat	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 many	det
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 please	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	might	They		a few people			unfairly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	please	to-infinitive	They not said here	the many					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus many=Experiencer

Option 2

They would always end up doing nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 end	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 end	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 end	advmod
4	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 end	compound:prt
6	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 end	xcomp
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 doing	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	would	They					always property	tree rules
2	do	gerund	They not said here	nothing		all			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 3

They would always be fair to every single person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fair	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 fair	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 fair	cop
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 person	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 person	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fair	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	They					to every single person; always, fair property	tree rules

Option 4

They would never have to think about anyone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 think	mark
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 anyone	case
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 think	obl
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 anyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	would	They						tree rules
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive	They not said here					about anyone	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about anyone=Topic

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