Test 2 · ★ · The environment

Friend: "recycling's pointless, it's just one can, who cares lol." Which reply is best-reasoned?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Friend, recycling · What happens: be, care, reason · To what, where: one, reply

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Friend: "recycling's pointless, it's just one can, who cares lol."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pointless	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 pointless	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pointless	punct
4	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pointless	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pointless	cop
6	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 one	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 one	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 one	advmod
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pointless	parataxis
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 cares	aux
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cares	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 cares	nsubj
15	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 one	acl:relcl
16	lol	lol	INTJ	_	15 cares	discourse
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pointless	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pointless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Friend		pointless property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	recycling	one		tree rules
3	care in a quote	can				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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: Which reply is best-reasoned?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 reply	det
2	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reasoned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reasoned	aux:pass
4	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 reasoned	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 reasoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reason	present · passive		which reply				well property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Recycling is good because the teacher said so, end of story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 good	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 good	cop
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 good	advcl
8	so	so	ADV	_	7 said	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 end	punct
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 good	parataxis
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 story	case
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Recycling					good property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

One can is small, but millions of people's habits add up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 small	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 small	aux
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 add	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 add	cc
7	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 add	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 habits	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 habits	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 people	case
11	habits	habit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 millions	nmod
12	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	parataxis
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 add	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	One					small property	tree rules
2	add up speech: assert	present	millions of people's habits						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

You're right, so I'll throw all my cans away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 throw	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 throw	advmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 throw	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 throw	aux
8	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 cans	det:predet
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cans	nmod:poss
11	cans	can	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 throw	obj
12	away	away	ADV	_	8 throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					right property	tree rules
2	throw	future	I	my cans				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent can=Theme

Option 4

You're stupid, so I won't listen to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 stupid	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stupid	cop
3	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 listen	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 listen	advmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 listen	nsubj
7	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 listen	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 listen	advmod
9	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stupid	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 listen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					stupid property	tree rules
2	not listen	future	I		you				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to you=Theme

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