Test 4 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices

A judge asks: "In the burning house, why save the pet?" Which answer is best-reasoned?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge · What happens: ask, save, reason · To what, where: pet, burning house, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: A judge asks: "In the burning house, why save the pet?"

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	_	12 save	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 save	punct
6	In	in	ADP	_	9 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
8	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 house	compound
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 save	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 house	punct
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 save	advmod
12	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asks	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pet	det
14	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 save	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 save	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 save	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 how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	save in a quote	infinitive		the pet		the burning house			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme

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-reasoned?

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	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 answer				well property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It trusts me and depends on me, though I know the money could help many people

The tree, 16 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 trusts	nsubj
2	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 trusts	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 depends	cc
5	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 trusts	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 depends	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 know	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 know	mark
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 know	nsubj
11	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 trusts	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 money	det
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 help	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 help	aux
15	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 know	ccomp
16	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 people	amod
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	trust	present	It	me			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
2	depend	present				on me	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on i=Theme
3	know	present	I				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	help	could	the money		many people		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary

Option 2

Because the other team's answer was silly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	8 silly	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 team	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 team	amod
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 team	case
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 silly	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 silly	cop
8	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the other team's answer					silly property	tree rules
2	answer		the other team						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Because paintings can't feel and charity doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 feel	mark
2	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 feel	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 feel	advmod
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 matter	cc
7	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 matter	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 matter	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 matter	advmod
10	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 feel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feel	can	paintings						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not matter	present · do-support	charity						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Because I said so, and that is my answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 said	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 answer	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 answer	cc
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 answer	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 answer	cop
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 answer	nmod:poss
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	conj

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

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