Test 5 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

Your brother says, "Jesus said always talk to the person first, so I'll just talk to the kid who's hitting little Amy." What is missing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Jesus, kid · What happens: say, talk, hit, be · To what, where: little Amy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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 brother says, "Jesus said always talk to the person first, so I'll just talk to the kid who's hitting little Amy."

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 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 talk	punct
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 talk	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 talk	aux
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 talk	advmod
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talk	obl
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 talk	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 talk	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	19 talk	advmod
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 talk	nsubj
17	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 talk	aux
18	just	just	ADV	_	19 talk	advmod
19	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 talk	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 kid	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 kid	det
22	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 talk	obl
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 hitting	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 hitting	aux
25	hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 kid	acl:relcl
26	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Amy	amod
27	Amy	Amy	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 hitting	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	talk in a quote	past	Jesus		to the person; always, first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to person=Co-Agent
3	talk in a quote	future	Your brother = brother		to the kid	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to kid=Co-Agent
4	hit in a quote	present · progressive	the kid	little Amy		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme amy=Co-Theme

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 missing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 missing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 missing	cop
3	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 missing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						missing property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He should hit the kid back first, then talk to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hit	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hit	aux
3	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hit	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 hit	advmod
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 hit	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 talk	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 talk	advmod
10	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hit	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit back	should	He	the kid				first property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kid=Co-Theme
2	talk	infinitive	He not said here		kid		then		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

When someone is being hurt, go straight to a trusted adult, not just the person

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 hurt	advmod
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux:pass
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hurt	aux:pass
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 go	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hurt	punct
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 adult	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 adult	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 adult	det
11	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 adult	amod
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 person	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 person	advmod
15	just	just	ADV	_	17 person	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 person	det
17	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		someone		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	go	imperative	you not said here	the person	to a trusted adult	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to adult=Initial_Location
3	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Jesus said never to talk to anyone about wrongdoing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 talk	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 talk	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 wrongdoing	case
9	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Jesus						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not talk	to-infinitive						to anyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent

Option 4

Nothing, because talking to the person first is always enough, whatever happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 enough	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 enough	mark
4	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 enough	csubj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 person	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talking	obl
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 talking	advmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 enough	cop
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 enough	advmod
11	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 happens	punct
13	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 happens	nsubj
14	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund		to the person; first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to person=Co-Agent
2	is	present	talking	always, enough property	tree rules
3	happen	present	whatever		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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