Test 11 · ★★ · Dilemmas about truth and friendship

You promised to help Gran on Saturday, but your football team gets a surprise match. What is the best-reasoned approach?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, football team, reasoned approach · What happens: promise, help, get, be, reason · To what, where: Gran, surprise match

This is test 11 · ★★ 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: You promised to help Gran on Saturday, but your football team gets a surprise match.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 help	mark
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 help	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Saturday	case
7	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 help	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gets	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 gets	cc
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 team	nmod:poss
11	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 team	compound
12	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gets	nsubj
13	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 promised	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 match	det
15	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 match	compound
16	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gets	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	You				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here		Gran	saturday	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gran=Beneficiary
3	get	present	your football team	a surprise match			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer match=Stimulus

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-reasoned approach?

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	7 approach	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 reasoned	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 approach	amod
7	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the reasoned approach						tree rules
2	reason	participle							vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Skip both, because if you cannot do both you should do neither

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Skip	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 do	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 do	mark
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 do	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 do	advmod
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Skip	conj
10	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 do	obj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 both	acl:relcl
14	neither	neither	ADV	_	9 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	skip	imperative	you not said here	both		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Agent
2	not do	can	you	both	neither property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Eventuality
3	do	should	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Talk to Gran honestly; keep the promise unless she truly agrees to change the day

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 Gran	case
3	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Talk	obl
4	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	1 Talk	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Talk	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	12 agrees	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 agrees	nsubj
11	truly	truly	ADV	_	12 agrees	advmod
12	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 change	mark
14	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 agrees	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 change	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here		Gran		honestly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to gran=Co-Agent
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	the promise				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
3	agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen	present	Gran				truly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	change not said to happen	to-infinitive	Gran not said here			day		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Go to the match and tell Gran you were ill, so she is not upset

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 match	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 match	det
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
7	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 ill	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ill	cop
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tell	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 upset	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 upset	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 upset	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 upset	cop
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 upset	advmod
16	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		the match		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to match=Initial_Location
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	Gran			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient
3	is	past	you			ill property	tree rules
4	not is	present	Gran			upset property	tree rules

Option 4

Go to the match because Gran is old and will soon forget

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 match	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 match	det
4	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 old	mark
6	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 old	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 old	cop
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 forget	cc
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 forget	aux
11	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 forget	advmod
12	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 old	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here	the match		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to match=Initial_Location
2	is	present	Gran		old property	tree rules
3	forget	future	Gran not said here		soon property	tree rules

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