Test 7 · ★ · The environment
A judge asks: "Is it fair for poor countries to pay as much as rich ones for climate damage?" Which answer is best?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge, poor countries, answer · What happens: ask, be, pay · To what, where: much · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: A judge asks: "Is it fair for poor countries to pay as much as rich ones for climate damage?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 fair | punct |
| 6 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fair | cop |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fair | expl |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 13 pay | mark |
| 10 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 countries | amod |
| 11 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 pay | nsubj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 pay | mark |
| 13 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fair | csubj |
| 14 | as | as | ADV | _ | 15 much | advmod |
| 15 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pay | obj |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 ones | case |
| 17 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 ones | amod |
| 18 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 much | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 damage | case |
| 20 | climate | climate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 damage | compound |
| 21 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 ones | nmod |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 fair | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pay in a quote | to-infinitive | poor countries | much | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Asset |
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 answer is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which answer | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Who cares, it's all about money anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 cares | nsubj |
| 2 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 money | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 money | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 money | cop |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 money | advmod |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 money | case |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cares | conj |
| 9 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 8 money | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | it | about money; all, anyway property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, everyone must always pay exactly the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 pay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pay | aux |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 pay | advmod |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 9 same | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 same | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | must | everyone | the same | always property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Asset |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many say no, as rich countries caused more of it and can afford more, though it is disputed
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 say | nsubj |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 2 say | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 caused | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 caused | mark |
| 6 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 countries | amod |
| 7 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 caused | nsubj |
| 8 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 say | parataxis |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 caused | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 more | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 afford | cc |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 afford | aux |
| 14 | afford | afford | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 caused | conj |
| 15 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 afford | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 disputed | punct |
| 17 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 20 disputed | mark |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 disputed | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 disputed | aux:pass |
| 20 | disputed | dispute | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 say | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Many | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cause | past | rich countries | more of it | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition more=Patient | ||||
| 3 | afford | can | rich countries not said here | more | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | dispute | present · passive | it | tree rules |
Option 4
No, poor countries should never do anything at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 countries | amod |
| 4 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 do | advmod |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | should | poor countries | anything | all | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
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