Test 9 · ★★ · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

The neighbours leave their dog chained outside with no water in the heat. What is the best-reasoned response?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbours, dog, best reasoned response · What happens: leave, chain, be · To what, where: dog, heat

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: The neighbours leave their dog chained outside with no water in the heat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbours	det
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 leave	nsubj
3	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dog	nmod:poss
5	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leave	obj
6	chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 leave	xcomp
7	outside	outside	ADV	_	6 chained	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chained	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 heat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 heat	det
13	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chained	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	the neighbours	neighbours's dog					tree rules
2	chain	participle	neighbours's dog not said here			the heat		with no water; outside property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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 response?

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 response	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 response	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct
6	reasoned	reasoned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 response	amod
7	response	response	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 response						tree rules

The options

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

Tell your parents so they can help or call an animal charity; the dog can't speak for itself

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parents	nmod:poss
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 help	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 help	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 help	aux
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	advcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 call	cc
9	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 help	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 charity	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 charity	compound
12	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 call	obj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 speak	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dog	det
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 speak	nsubj
16	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 speak	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 speak	advmod
18	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 itself	case
20	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		your parents		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2	help	can	parents = parent				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	call	infinitive	parents = parent not said here	a animal charity			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent charity=Recipient
4	not speak speech: other	can	the dog			for dog	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Climb over the fence and take the dog home yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 fence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fence	det
4	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Climb	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 take	cc
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Climb	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj
9	home	home	ADV	_	6 take	advmod
10	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here			the fence			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory
2	take	infinitive	you not said here		the dog			yourself obl; home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument dog=Destination

Option 3

Throw stones at the neighbours' window to teach them a lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throw	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neighbours	det
5	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 window	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 neighbours	case
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 teach	mark
9	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 teach	iobj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lesson	det
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 teach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	imperative	you not said here	stones		the neighbours's window			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at window=Destination
2	teach speech: other	to-infinitive	you not said here	a lesson	stones = stone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient lesson=Topic

Option 4

Ignore it, because animals don't matter nearly as much as people, and it is their dog, not yours

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 matter	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 matter	mark
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 matter	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 matter	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 matter	advmod
8	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ignore	parataxis
9	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	11 much	advmod
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 much	advmod
11	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 matter	obj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 people	case
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 much	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 dog	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 dog	cc
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 dog	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 dog	cop
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 dog	nmod:poss
19	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ignore	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 yours	punct
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 yours	advmod
22	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	it	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not matter	present · do-support	animals	much	tree rules
3	is a	present	it	animals's dog	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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