Test 2 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices

Brother: "Only one of us can go to the match, I'm older so it's mine, end of." Which response is fairest?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brother, I, match, response · What happens: go, be · To what, where: match, mine

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Brother: "Only one of us can go to the match, I'm older so it's mine, end of."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct
4	Only	only	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Brother	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 us	case
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 one	nmod
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 match	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 match	det
12	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 older	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 older	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 older	cop
16	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 go	parataxis
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 mine	advmod
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 mine	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 mine	cop
20	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 go	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 end	punct
22	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	22 end	case
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	can	Brother		the match	of end		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to match=Initial_Location of end=Destination
2	is in a quote	present	I				old property	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	match	mine				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: Which response is fairest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fairest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fairest	cop
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fairest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	which response					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Agree a fair way, like taking turns or tossing a coin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 way	amod
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Agree	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 taking	punct
6	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 taking	mark
7	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Agree	advcl
8	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 taking	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tossing	cc
10	tossing	toss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 taking	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 coin	det
12	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tossing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here	a fair way	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	take	gerund	you not said here	turns	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
3	toss	gerund	you not said here	a coin	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient

Option 2

Hide his shoes and his coat so that he cannot go to the match

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 shoes	nmod:poss
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hide	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 coat	cc
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coat	nmod:poss
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shoes	conj
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 go	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 go	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 go	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 go	advmod
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hide	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 match	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 match	det
15	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	his shoes and his coat					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient
2	not go	can	he			the match			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to match=Initial_Location

Option 3

Shout and cry until Mum gives the ticket to you instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cry	cc
3	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	conj
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 gives	mark
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ticket	det
8	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 gives	obl
11	instead	instead	ADV	_	6 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	you not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	present	Mum	the ticket	you	instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme to you=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is older, so he must always get everything he wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 older	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 older	cop
3	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 get	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 get	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 get	aux
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 older	parataxis
10	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 get	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wants	nsubj
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 everything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		old property	tree rules
2	get	must	he	everything	always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
3	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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