Test 5 · ★★ · Dilemmas about truth and friendship

Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids. Total snitch." Is Jack right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack, Freya, Miss · What happens: moan, tell, push, be · To what, where: Miss, little kids · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Jack moans, "Freya told Miss that Ollie was pushing the little kids.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 moans	nsubj
2	moans	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
5	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 moans	ccomp
7	Miss	miss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 pushing	nsubj
9	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pushing	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 pushing	aux
11	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 Miss	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kids	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kids	amod
14	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pushing	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 moans	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	moan	present	Jack			vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	Freya		Miss	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient
3	push in a quote	past · progressive	Miss	the little kids		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=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: Total snitch."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 snitch	amod
2	snitch	snitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 snitch	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 snitch	punct

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

Sentence 3: Is Jack right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Jack					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

No, but only because Freya is the teacher's favourite anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 favourite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 favourite	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 favourite	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	11 favourite	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 favourite	mark
6	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 teacher	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 teacher	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 favourite	nsubj
10	's	's	PART	_	9 teacher	case
11	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 favourite	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Freya					's the teacher	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, because Freya only did it to get Ollie into trouble for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 did	mark
4	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 did	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 did	advmod
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 get	aux
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 get	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 trouble	case
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 fun	case
14	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support		Ollie		trouble for fun			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ollie=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, Freya reported harm to protect the little ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 reported	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 reported	nsubj
4	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reported	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 protect	mark
7	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reported	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ones	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past	Freya	harm					vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent harm=Theme clause=Attribute
2	protect	to-infinitive	Freya not said here	the little ones					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Beneficiary

Option 4

Yes, telling a teacher about anything always makes you a snitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 telling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 makes	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 telling	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 anything	case
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 telling	obl
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 makes	advmod
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snitch	det
12	snitch	snitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			a teacher			about anything	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient about anything=Topic
2	make	present	telling	a snitch	you			always property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary snitch=Product

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