Test 10 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

A judge at the olympiad asks: "If a rich man loses his wallet, isn't it fairer to give the money to the poor?" What is the best-reasoned answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, rich man, it, reasoned answer · What happens: ask, lose, not be, give, be, reason · To what, where: wallet, money, poor · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» 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 judge at the olympiad asks: "If a rich man loses his wallet, isn't it fairer to give the money to the poor?"

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	6 asks	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 olympiad	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 olympiad	det
5	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 judge	nmod
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 loses	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 loses	punct
9	If	if	SCONJ	_	13 loses	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 loses	nsubj
13	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 asks	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wallet	nmod:poss
15	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 loses	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fairer	punct
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 fairer	cop
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 fairer	advmod
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fairer	nsubj
20	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 asks	parataxis
21	to	to	PART	_	22 give	mark
22	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 fairer	xcomp
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 money	det
24	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 give	obj
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 poor	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 poor	det
27	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 give	obl
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a judge at the olympiad				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	a rich man	man's wallet			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Eventuality
3	not is in a quote	present	it			fair property	tree rules
4	give in a quote	to-infinitive		the money	the poor		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to poor=Recipient

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 answer?

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 answer	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 answer	amod
7	answer	answer	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 answer						tree rules
2	reason	participle							vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Yes, because rich people do not deserve their money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 deserve	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 deserve	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 deserve	mark
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 deserve	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 deserve	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 deserve	advmod
8	deserve	deserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 money	nmod:poss
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deserve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not deserve	present · do-support	rich people	people's money					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, taking from the rich to help the poor is always fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	13 fair	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 taking	punct
3	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 fair	csubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 rich	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rich	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 taking	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 help	mark
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 rich	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 poor	det
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 help	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fair	cop
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 fair	advmod
13	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	gerund			rich property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	help	to-infinitive		the poor		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poor=Beneficiary
3	is	present	taking		always, fair property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is still his money, not yours to give

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 money	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 money	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 money	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	7 money	advmod
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 money	nmod:poss
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 yours	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 yours	advmod
10	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 money	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 give	mark
12	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 yours	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	his money			still		tree rules
2	give	to-infinitive							vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

No, because the poor would only waste it on silly things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 waste	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 waste	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 waste	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 poor	det
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 waste	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 waste	aux
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 waste	advmod
8	waste	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 waste	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 things	case
11	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 things	amod
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 waste	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	waste	would	the poor	it				on silly things goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on thing=Goal

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