Test 1 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

Your mate says, "Whistle-blowing is just being a grass, innit, it's the same thing." How do you put him right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Whistle blowing, blowing, you · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: grass, same thing, mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Whistle-blowing: when to tell» 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: Your mate says, "Whistle-blowing is just being a grass, innit, it's the same thing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 grass	punct
6	Whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blowing	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 blowing	punct
8	blowing	blowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 grass	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 grass	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	13 grass	advmod
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 grass	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 grass	det
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	INTJ	_	13 grass	discourse
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 thing	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 thing	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 thing	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 thing	det
20	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 thing	amod
21	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 thing	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	Whistle blowing	a grass	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	blowing	the same thing	tree rules

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: How do you put him right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 put	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · do-support	you		mate			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

Yeah, it's the same, so nobody should ever do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 same	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 same	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 same	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 do	advmod
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 do	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 do	advmod
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 same	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					same property	tree rules
2	do	should	nobody	it			ever		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

It's the same thing, but it's fine as long as a teacher asks you to do it

The tree, 19 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	5 thing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 fine	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	expl
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	parataxis
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 long	advmod
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 fine	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 asks	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 teacher	det
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 asks	nsubj
16	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	advcl
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 asks	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 do	mark
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 asks	xcomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the same thing			tree rules
2	is	present				fine, long property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	present	a teacher		you		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
4	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	a teacher not said here	teacher			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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

It's telling to stop real harm, not to get someone in trouble for fun

The tree, 15 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	3 telling	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 telling	aux
3	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 telling	xcomp
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 harm	amod
7	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 get	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 telling	advcl
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 get	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 trouble	case
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 fun	case
16	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · progressive	It			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive		real harm		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality harm=Eventuality
3	not get	to-infinitive		someone	trouble for fun	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus

Option 4

It only counts if you use a real whistle

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	3 counts	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 counts	advmod
3	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 use	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 use	nsubj
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 counts	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 whistle	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 whistle	amod
9	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	It						tree rules
2	use a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a real whistle					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient

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