Test 3 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

In the group chat: "whoever told Miss about the bullying is a dirty snitch, we'll find u." What is the best way to see this?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: whoever, we · What happens: tell, be, find, see · To what, where: Miss, group chat, dirty snitch, u., best way, this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 chat	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chat	det
3	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chat	compound
4	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct
7	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 told	nsubj
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 told	iobj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 bullying	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bullying	det
12	bullying	bullying	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 snitch	obl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 snitch	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 snitch	det
15	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 snitch	amod
16	snitch	snitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 find	punct
18	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 find	nsubj
19	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 find	aux
20	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 snitch	acl:relcl
21	u.	U.	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 find	obj
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 way	punct
23	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 way	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 way	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 way	det
26	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	27 way	amod
27	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 find	obl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 see	mark
29	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 way	acl
30	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	29 see	obj
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	whoever		Miss	the group chat		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient
2	is a in a quote	present		a dirty snitch			about the bullying	tree rules
3	find in a quote	future	we	u.				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent u.=Topic
4	is a	present		the best way				tree rules
5	see	to-infinitive	we not said here	this				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=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.

The options

Option 1

It's fair, because snitches deserve to be found out

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 fair	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 deserve	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 deserve	mark
6	snitches	snitch	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 deserve	nsubj
7	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 found	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 found	aux:pass
10	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 deserve	ccomp
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 found	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		fair property	tree rules
2	deserve	present	snitches		tree rules
3	find out	to-infinitive · passive	snitches not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»

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

It's a threat meant to scare people off reporting harm, and it should be shown to an adult

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	4 threat	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 threat	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 threat	det
4	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 threat	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 scare	mark
7	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 meant	xcomp
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scare	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	7 scare	compound:prt
10	reporting	report	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 scare	advcl
11	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reporting	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 shown	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 shown	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 shown	nsubj:pass
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 shown	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 shown	aux:pass
17	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 threat	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 adult	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 adult	det
20	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a threat		tree rules
2	mean	participle		a threat not said here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	scare off not said to happen	to-infinitive		people		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer
4	report	gerund		harm		vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Patient
5	show	should · passive	a threat not said here	harm	a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to adult=Recipient

Option 3

It means whoever told did something really wrong

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 did	obj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 wrong	advmod
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	past	whoever		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	past		something	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Option 4

It's a joke, so it can be ignored and nothing needs doing

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 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ignored	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 ignored	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ignored	nsubj:pass
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 ignored	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 ignored	aux:pass
10	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 joke	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 needs	cc
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 needs	nsubj
13	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ignored	conj
14	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 needs	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a joke	tree rules
2	ignore	can · passive		joke	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	need	present	nothing		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	do not said to happen	gerund	nothing not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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