Test 10 · ★ · The environment

"Greta's a total idiot for skipping school." What is weak about this point?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Greta, total idiot · What happens: be, skip · To what, where: total idiot, school

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 47 «The environment» 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: "Greta's a total idiot for skipping school."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 idiot	punct
2	Greta	Greta	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 idiot	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 idiot	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idiot	det
5	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idiot	amod
6	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 skipping	mark
8	skipping	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 idiot	acl
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 skipping	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 idiot	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 idiot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Greta	a total idiot					tree rules
2	skip in a quote	gerund	a total idiot not said here	school					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=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 weak about this point?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 weak	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 weak	cop
3	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 point	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 point	det
6	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 weak	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 weak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about this point; weak property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It uses lots of facts about the climate that are simply untrue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 uses	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 facts	case
5	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lots	nmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 climate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 climate	det
8	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 facts	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 untrue	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 untrue	cop
11	simply	simply	ADV	_	12 untrue	advmod
12	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 climate	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	It	lots of facts about the climate					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient
2	is	present	the climate					simply, untrue property	tree rules

Option 2

It gives far too many reasons on both sides of the argument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 many	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 many	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reasons	amod
6	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gives	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 sides	case
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sides	det
9	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reasons	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 argument	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 argument	det
12	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sides	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	It	many reasons		both sides of the argument			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme on side=Asset

Option 3

It is much too polite and careful about what it says of her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 polite	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	cop
3	much	much	ADV	_	5 polite	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 polite	advmod
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 careful	cc
7	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 polite	conj
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	11 says	mark
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 says	obj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 polite	advcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 says	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	polite property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	it	of her = she	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It attacks the person instead of discussing her reasons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attacks	nsubj
2	attacks	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attacks	obj
5	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	7 discussing	mark
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 instead	fixed
7	discussing	discuss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 attacks	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 reasons	nmod:poss
9	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 discussing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	It	the person					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient
2	discuss speech: other	gerund		person's reasons					vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic

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