Test 7 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

Your sister says, "I'll tell Miss in a note without my name that Lily stole, even though I'm not sure." What is the problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, Lily, my, problem · What happens: say, tell, steal, not be, name, be · To what, where: Miss, note, name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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 sister says, "I'll tell Miss in a note without my name that Lily stole, even though I'm not sure."

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 tell	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	aux
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
9	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tell	iobj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 note	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 note	det
12	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obl
13	without	without	ADP	_	15 name	case
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 name	nmod:poss
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 stole	mark
17	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 stole	nsubj
18	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 name	acl:relcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 sure	punct
20	even	even	ADV	_	25 sure	advmod
21	though	though	SCONJ	_	25 sure	mark
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 sure	nsubj
23	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 sure	cop
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 sure	advmod
25	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tell	ccomp
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	future	Your sister = sister		Miss	a note	without my name	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient
3	steal in a quote	past	Lily	my name not said here				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location name=Theme
4	not is in a quote	present	Your sister = sister				sure property	tree rules
5	name in a quote		my					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 problem?

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	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Anonymous reports should be honest; accusing someone without being sure could hurt them unfairly

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anonymous	anonymous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reports	amod
2	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 honest	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 honest	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 honest	cop
5	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 accusing	punct
7	accusing	accuse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 hurt	csubj
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 accusing	obj
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 sure	mark
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 sure	cop
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 accusing	advcl
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hurt	aux
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 honest	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hurt	obj
15	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	_	13 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	should	Anonymous reports		honest property	tree rules
2	accuse	gerund		someone		vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
3	is	gerund			sure property	tree rules
4	hurt	could	accusing	reports = report	unfairly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient

Option 2

There is no problem, anonymous notes can say anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
6	anonymous	anonymous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 notes	amod
7	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 say	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 is	parataxis
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no problem			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	can	anonymous notes	anything					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Option 3

Notes are never allowed, so she should shout it in class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shout	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 shout	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shout	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 shout	aux
9	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shout	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 class	case
12	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shout	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Notes					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	shout speech: express	should	she	it		class			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

The only problem is that Miss might find out who wrote it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 problem	det
2	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 problem	amod
3	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	nsubj:outer
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 find	cop
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
6	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 find	nsubj
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 find	compound:prt
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wrote	nsubj
11	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 find	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wrote	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might · present	the only problem					find property	tree rules
2	write	past		problem					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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