Test 1 · ★★ · Dilemmas about truth and friendship

Your little brother says, "Lying is always wrong, even to a burglar asking where Mum keeps her purse." How do you best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: little brother, Lying, burglar, Mum · What happens: say, be, ask, keep · To what, where: purse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 41 «Dilemmas about truth and friendship» 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 little brother says, "Lying is always wrong, even to a burglar asking where Mum keeps her purse."

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
7	Lying	lying	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wrong	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 wrong	advmod
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 burglar	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	15 burglar	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 burglar	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 burglar	det
15	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wrong	conj
16	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 burglar	acl
17	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	19 keeps	advmod
18	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 keeps	nsubj
19	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 asking	ccomp
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 purse	nmod:poss
21	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 keeps	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your little brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Lying		always, wrong property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask in a quote	gerund	a burglar not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	keep in a quote	present	Mum	Mum's purse		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=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: How do you best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 answer	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 answer	nsubj
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Lying is fine whenever you feel like it, so the question is silly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 feel	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 feel	nsubj
6	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feel	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 silly	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 silly	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 question	det
12	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 silly	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 silly	cop
14	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		fine property	tree rules
3	feel	present	you	like it; whenever property	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like it=Theme
4	is	present	the question	silly property	tree rules

Option 2

You should ignore him, because little brothers never have good ideas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 ignore	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ignore	aux
3	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ignore	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 have	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 have	mark
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 brothers	amod
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 have	advmod
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ignore	parataxis
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ideas	amod
12	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	should	You	him = he					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	not have	present	little brothers	good ideas					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient

Option 3

He is right, and you must tell the burglar exactly where the purse is

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tell	cc
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tell	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	aux
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 burglar	det
10	burglar	burglar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	12 where	advmod
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 tell	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 purse	det
14	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 where	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	must	you	the burglar		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent burglar=Recipient
3	is	present	the purse		exactly, where property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Most people think lying to stop harm or robbery is allowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 allowed	csubj:pass
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lying	xcomp
7	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 robbery	cc
9	robbery	robbery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 harm	conj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 allowed	aux:pass
11	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Most people		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie	gerund			tree rules
3	stop	to-infinitive		harm or robbery	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality harm=Eventuality
4	allow	present · passive	lying		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»

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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