Test 10 · ★★ · Dilemmas about truth and friendship

A Muslim classmate says, "In my family we also keep promises very seriously." What is the best response?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Muslim classmate, we, best response · What happens: say, keep, be · To what, where: promises, family · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ 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: A Muslim classmate says, "In my family we also keep promises very seriously."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 classmate	det
2	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 classmate	amod
3	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 keep	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 keep	punct
7	In	in	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 family	nmod:poss
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 keep	obl
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 keep	nsubj
11	also	also	ADV	_	12 keep	advmod
12	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
13	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 keep	obj
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 seriously	advmod
15	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	12 keep	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Muslim classmate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	keep in a quote	present	we	promises		my family		seriously property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent promise=Theme in family=Location

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 is the best response?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best response						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Who cares, promises are only important at church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 cares	nsubj
2	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 important	punct
4	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 important	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 important	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 important	advmod
7	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cares	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 church	case
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 important	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present							vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	promises			church		important property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That's impossible, only Christians care about keeping promises they have made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 impossible	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impossible	cop
3	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 care	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 care	advmod
6	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 care	nsubj
7	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 impossible	conj
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	9 keeping	mark
9	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 care	advcl
10	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keeping	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 made	nsubj
12	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 made	aux
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 promises	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	That		impossible property	tree rules
2	care	present	Christians			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	keep	gerund	Christians not said here	promises		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
4	make	present · perfect	Christians = christian	promises not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset promise=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That's true for us too; many faiths teach that promises create real duties

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 us	case
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 true	obl
6	too	too	ADV	_	3 true	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 teach	punct
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 faiths	amod
9	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 teach	nsubj
10	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 create	mark
12	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 create	nsubj
13	create	create	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 teach	ccomp
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 duties	amod
15	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 create	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	That		for us; true property	tree rules
2	teach speech: other	present	many faiths			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	create	present	promises	real duties		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Result

Option 4

That's nice but your promises do not count as real promises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 nice	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 nice	cop
3	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 count	cc
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 promises	nmod:poss
6	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 count	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 count	advmod
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 nice	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 promises	case
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 promises	amod
12	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	That	nice property	tree rules
2	not count	present · do-support	your promises	as real promises	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as promise=Attribute
3	promise		your		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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