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Test 1 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices

Your friend says, "In a lifeboat you should save the cleverest kids, cos they're worth more." What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, kids, best reply · What happens: say, save, be · To what, where: cleverest kids, lifeboat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Lifeboat choices» 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 friend says, "In a lifeboat you should save the cleverest kids, cos they're worth more."

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 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 save	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 save	punct
6	In	in	ADP	_	8 lifeboat	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lifeboat	det
8	lifeboat	lifeboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 save	obl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 save	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 save	aux
11	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kids	det
13	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 kids	amod
14	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 save	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 worth	punct
16	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	19 worth	mark
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 worth	nsubj
18	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 worth	cop
19	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 save	conj
20	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 worth	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 save	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 save	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save in a quote	should	you	the cleverest kids		a lifeboat			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	kids = kid					worth property	tree rules

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 reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Save whoever is your friend, that's fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 friend	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 friend	cop
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Save	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fair	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 fair	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fair	cop
9	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Save	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	imperative	you not said here						vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	whoever	your friend					tree rules
3	is	present	that					fair property	tree rules

Option 2

You're right, cleverness is all that matters

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	_	5 cleverness	punct
5	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 all	cop
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 cleverness	appos
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 matters	nsubj
9	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cleverness	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					right property	tree rules
2	matter	present	cleverness						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Everyone has equal worth, so a fair method like drawing lots is better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 worth	amod
4	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 method	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 method	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 method	det
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 method	amod
9	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 better	nsubj
10	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 drawing	mark
11	drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 method	acl
12	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drawing	obj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 better	cop
14	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 has	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Everyone	equal worth					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Patient
2	draw	gerund	a fair method not said here	lots					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
3	is	present	a fair method					good property	tree rules

Option 4

Clever kids are boring, so save the sporty ones because they can swim better

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 boring	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boring	cop
4	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 save	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 save	advmod
7	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 boring	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ones	det
9	sporty	sporty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 save	obj
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 swim	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 swim	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 swim	aux
14	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 save	advcl
15	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	14 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Clever kids					boring property	tree rules
2	save	infinitive	Clever kids not said here	the sporty ones					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	swim	can	kids = kid					well property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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