Test 3 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices
"trolley problem's stupid, just pull the lever, 5 is more than 1 duh." What is weak about this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: pull, be · To what, where: lever
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: "trolley problem's stupid, just pull the lever, 5 is more than 1 duh."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 stupid | punct |
| 2 | trolley | trolley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 problem | compound |
| 3 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stupid | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 problem | case |
| 5 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pull | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 pull | advmod |
| 8 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 stupid | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lever | det |
| 10 | lever | lever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pull | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 more | punct |
| 12 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 more | nummod |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 more | cop |
| 14 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 pull | obj |
| 15 | than | than | ADP | _ | 16 1 | case |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 more | obl |
| 17 | duh | duh | INTJ | _ | 8 pull | discourse |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stupid | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 stupid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull in a quote | infinitive | the lever | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lever=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | than 1; more 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 weak about this?
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 | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 weak | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 weak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about this; weak property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is too long and careful
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 | 4 long | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 careful | cc |
| 6 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 long | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | tree rules |
Option 2
Nothing; counting is always the full answer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 counting | compound |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | counting | counting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 answer | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 answer | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 answer | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 answer | det |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 answer | amod |
| 8 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing counting | the full answer | always property | tree rules |
Option 3
It uses too much maths for an ethics question
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 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 maths | amod |
| 5 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 uses | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 question | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 question | det |
| 8 | ethics | ethics | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 question | compound |
| 9 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | It | much maths | for a ethics question | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent math=Theme for question=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It ignores the other side: some think doing harm is different from allowing it
The tree, 14 words
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 ignores | nsubj |
| 2 | ignores | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 side | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 side | amod |
| 5 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ignores | obj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 think | punct |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 think | nsubj |
| 8 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ignores | conj |
| 9 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 different | csubj |
| 10 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 doing | obj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 different | cop |
| 12 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 think | ccomp |
| 13 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 14 allowing | mark |
| 14 | allowing | allow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 different | advcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 allowing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | present | It | the other side | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | some | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | do | gerund | harm | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | is | present | doing | different property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | allow | gerund | doing not said here | harm | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |
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