Test 4 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

A classmate who is not religious asks, "Why would you give back a wallet if nobody would ever know?" What is the most thoughtful answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, you, nobody, thoughtful answer · What happens: not be, ask, give back, know, be · To what, where: wallet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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 classmate who is not religious asks, "Why would you give back a wallet if nobody would ever know?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 classmate	det
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asks	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 religious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 religious	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 religious	advmod
6	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 classmate	acl:relcl
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
10	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 give	advmod
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 give	aux
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 give	nsubj
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asks	parataxis
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 give	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wallet	det
16	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	21 know	mark
18	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	21 know	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 know	aux
20	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	21 know	advmod
21	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 wallet	acl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a classmate			religious property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	a classmate				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give back in a quote	would	you	a wallet			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Theme
4	know a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	would	nobody	a wallet not said here	ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wallet=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 most thoughtful 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	6 answer	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 thoughtful	advmod
5	thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Because Christians are scared of getting struck by lightning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 scared	mark
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 scared	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 scared	advcl
7	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 getting	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 lightning	case
9	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Christians	scared property	tree rules
2	get	gerund	Christians not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	strike	participle	Christians not said here	by lightning	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lightning=Location

Option 2

Because anyone who keeps a wallet must go to prison for life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	8 go	mark
2	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 go	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 anyone	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wallet	det
6	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	obj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 prison	case
10	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 life	case
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present		a wallet					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Theme
2	go	must	anyone			prison		for life	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's the owner's and they'd worry; and God sees and cares

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 owner	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 owner	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 owner	det
4	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	's	's	PART	_	4 owner	case
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 worry	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worry	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 worry	aux
9	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 owner	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 sees	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sees	cc
12	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sees	nsubj
13	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 owner	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cares	cc
15	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sees	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	's the owner	tree rules
2	worry	would	they		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	see	present	God		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	care	present	God not said here		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

I wouldn't, I'd keep it if nobody would ever know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 keep	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 n't	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 know	mark
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 know	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 know	aux
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 know	advmod
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not keep	would	I	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	know a condition, not said to happen	would	nobody				ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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