Test 5 · ★★ · How to argue: reasons and evidence You said it's fine to keep money you find. A judge asks: "What if you saw who dropped it?" Why is this a good question?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, judge, this · What happens: say, be, keep, find, ask, see · To what, where: money, judge, good question · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 39 «How to argue: reasons and evidence» 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: You said it's fine to keep money you find.
nsubj expl cop ccomp mark csubj obj nsubj acl:relcl punct root You PRON said VERB it PRON 's AUX fine ADJ to PART keep VERB money NOUN you PRON find VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 fine expl 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fine cop 5 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 2 said ccomp 6 to to PART _ 7 keep mark 7 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 fine csubj 8 money money NOUN Number=Sing 7 keep obj 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 find nsubj 10 find find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 money acl:relcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past You vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present fine property tree rules 3 keep to-infinitive money vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme 4 find present you money not said here vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic
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: A judge asks: "What if you saw who dropped it?"
det nsubj punct punct obj mark nsubj conj nsubj ccomp obj punct punct root A DET judge NOUN asks VERB : PUNCT " PUNCT What PRON if SCONJ you PRON saw VERB who PRON dropped VERB it PRON ? PUNCT " PUNCT 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 _ 3 asks punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 saw punct 6 What what PRON PronType=Int 9 saw obj 7 if if SCONJ _ 9 saw mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 saw nsubj 9 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 asks conj 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 dropped nsubj 11 dropped drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 saw ccomp 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 dropped obj 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 asks punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 3 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present a judge vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 see a condition, not said to happen, in a quote past you tree rules 3 drop in a quote past judge vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Sentence 3: Why is this a good question?
advmod cop nsubj det amod punct root Why ADV is AUX this PRON a DET good ADJ question NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 6 question advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 question cop 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 question nsubj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 question det 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 question amod 6 question question NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 question punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present this a good question tree rules
The options Option 1 It is a bad question, because judges should not add new details
nsubj cop det amod punct mark nsubj aux advmod parataxis amod obj root It PRON is AUX a DET bad ADJ question NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ judges NOUN should AUX not PART add VERB new ADJ details NOUN 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 5 question nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 question cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 question det 4 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 question amod 5 question question NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 add punct 7 because because SCONJ _ 11 add mark 8 judges judge NOUN Number=Plur 11 add nsubj 9 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 add aux 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 add advmod 11 add add VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 question parataxis 12 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 13 details amod 13 details detail NOUN Number=Plur 11 add obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a bad question tree rules 2 not add speech: assert should judges new details vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It changes one detail to test what really matters in your answer
nsubj nummod obj mark advcl nsubj advmod ccomp case nmod:poss obl root It PRON changes VERB one NUM detail NOUN to PART test VERB what PRON really ADV matters VERB in ADP your PRON answer NOUN 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 changes nsubj 2 changes change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 detail nummod 4 detail detail NOUN Number=Sing 2 changes obj 5 to to PART _ 6 test mark 6 test test VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 changes advcl 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 9 matters nsubj 8 really really ADV _ 9 matters advmod 9 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 test ccomp 10 in in ADP _ 12 answer case 11 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 answer nmod:poss 12 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 9 matters obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change present It one detail vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Patient 2 test to-infinitive tree rules 3 matter present your answer vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus 4 answer your nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 It is a trick to make you look foolish, so you should ignore it
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop det mark acl obj xcomp xcomp punct advmod nsubj aux parataxis obj root It PRON is AUX a DET trick NOUN to PART make VERB you PRON look VERB foolish ADJ , PUNCT so ADV you PRON should AUX ignore VERB it PRON 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 4 trick nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 trick cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 trick det 4 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 trick acl 7 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make xcomp 9 foolish foolish ADJ Degree=Pos 8 look xcomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 ignore punct 11 so so ADV _ 14 ignore advmod 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 ignore nsubj 13 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 ignore aux 14 ignore ignore VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 trick parataxis 15 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 ignore obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a trick tree rules 2 make to-infinitive you tree rules 3 look infinitive you not said here foolish property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 4 ignore should you trick vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 4 It changes the whole case, so your first answer no longer counts
nsubj det amod obj punct advmod nmod:poss amod nsubj advmod advmod parataxis root It PRON changes VERB the DET whole ADJ case NOUN , PUNCT so ADV your PRON first ADJ answer NOUN no ADV longer ADV counts VERB 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 changes nsubj 2 changes change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 case det 4 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 5 case amod 5 case case NOUN Number=Sing 2 changes obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 13 counts punct 7 so so ADV _ 13 counts advmod 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 answer nmod:poss 9 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 10 answer amod 10 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 13 counts nsubj 11 no no ADV _ 12 longer advmod 12 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 13 counts advmod 13 counts count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 changes parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change present It the whole case vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient 2 count present your first answer long property vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus 3 answer your nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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