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Test 6 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

A classmate who is not religious asks, "Why do Christians think they have to speak up for others?" What is the most accurate, respectful answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, Christians, accurate respectful answer · What happens: not be, ask, think, have, speak up, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: A classmate who is not religious asks, "Why do Christians think they have to speak up for others?"

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 think	punct
10	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 think	advmod
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 think	aux
12	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 think	nsubj
13	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 asks	parataxis
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 have	nsubj
15	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 think	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 speak	mark
17	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 have	xcomp
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 speak	compound:prt
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 others	case
20	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 speak	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	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	think speech: other in a quote	present · do-support	Christians						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	have in a quote	present	Christians = christian						tree rules
5	speak up speech: other in a quote	to-infinitive	Christians = christian not said here					for others	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 accurate, respectful 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	8 answer	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 answer	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 accurate	punct
7	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 answer	amod
8	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Because Christians think they are better than everyone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 think	mark
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 better	advcl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 better	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 better	cop
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 better	obl
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 everyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Christians						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Christians = christian					than everyone; good property	tree rules

Option 2

Because Christians are not allowed to mind their own business

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 allowed	mark
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 allowed	advmod
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 mind	mark
7	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 business	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 business	amod
10	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mind	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Christians					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	mind not said to happen	to-infinitive	Christians not said here	Christians's own business					vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Bible says to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, and many people of all beliefs agree

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bible	det
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 speak	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 those	case
8	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 speak	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 speak	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 speak	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 speak	advmod
12	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 those	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 themselves	case
14	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 speak	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 agree	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 agree	cc
17	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 people	amod
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 agree	nsubj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 beliefs	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 beliefs	det
21	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 people	nmod
22	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Bible						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	speak up speech: other	to-infinitive						for those	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not speak speech: other	can						for themselves = they	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	agree speech: agree	present	many people of all beliefs						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They don't, Christians are told to always keep quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 do	nsubj
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 do	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 told	punct
5	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 told	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 told	aux:pass
7	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 do	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	10 keep	mark
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 keep	advmod
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	xcomp
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present	They						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present · passive		Christians					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	Christians not said here					always, quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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