Test 4 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

Your best friend scratched Mr Hill's car with a key and says, "If you tell, we're done." What is the best-reasoned choice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best friend, you, we, best reasoned choice · What happens: scratch, say, tell, be, reason · To what, where: car · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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 best friend scratched Mr Hill's car with a key and says, "If you tell, we're done."

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	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scratched	nsubj
4	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 car	nmod:poss
6	Hill	Hill	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Mr	flat
7	's	's	PART	_	5 Mr	case
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scratched	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 key	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 key	det
11	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scratched	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 says	cc
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scratched	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 done	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 done	punct
16	If	if	SCONJ	_	18 tell	mark
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 tell	nsubj
18	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 done	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
20	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 done	nsubj
21	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 done	cop
22	done	done	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	ccomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 done	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scratch	past	Your best friend	Mr's car	with a key	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient with key=Instrument
2	say speech: assert	present	Your best friend not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	we		done property	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: What is the best-reasoned choice?

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 choice	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 choice	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 choice	amod
7	choice	choice	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 best reasoned choice						tree rules
2	reason	participle							vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Keep quiet forever, because losing a friend is the worst thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 losing	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 losing	mark
6	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 thing	csubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 losing	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thing	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thing	det
11	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 thing	amod
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here		forever, quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lose	gerund		a friend		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality
3	is a	present	losing	the worst thing		tree rules

Option 2

Report it anonymously and add a few extra lies to make it worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Report	obj
3	anonymously	anonymously	ADV	_	1 Report	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 add	cc
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Report	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lies	det
7	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lies	amod
8	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lies	amod
9	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 add	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 make	mark
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 add	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 make	obj
13	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	imperative	you not said here	it	anonymously property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a few extra lies		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Patient
3	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	it	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Urge your friend to own up first, and tell an adult if they won't, because Mr Hill deserves fairness

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Urge	urge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 friend	nmod:poss
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Urge	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 own	mark
5	own	own	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Urge	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 own	compound:prt
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 own	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
10	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Urge	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 wo	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wo	nsubj
15	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	ccomp
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 wo	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 deserves	punct
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	21 deserves	mark
19	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 deserves	nsubj
20	Hill	Hill	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Mr	flat
21	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Urge	parataxis
22	fairness	fairness	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 deserves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	urge	imperative	you not said here	your friend			vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	own up not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			first property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	deserve	present	Mr	fairness			tree rules

Option 4

Tell Mr Hill it was someone else, so nobody you know is blamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	Hill	Hill	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mr	flat
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 someone	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 someone	cop
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Tell	ccomp
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 someone	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 blamed	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	14 blamed	advmod
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 blamed	nsubj:pass
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
12	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 nobody	acl:relcl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 blamed	aux:pass
14	blamed	blame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Mr		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mr=Recipient
2	is a	past	it	someone		else property	tree rules
3	know	present	you				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	blame	present · passive		nobody			vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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