Test 7 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices

On a camping trip the older kids take all the marshmallows. "Tough, we're bigger." What would fair rules say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older kids, we, fair rules · What happens: take, be, say · To what, where: marshmallows, camping trip · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: On a camping trip the older kids take all the marshmallows. "

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 trip	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trip	det
3	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trip	compound
4	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
6	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 kids	amod
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 take	nsubj
8	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 marshmallows	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marshmallows	det
11	marshmallows	marshmallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 take	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	the older kids	all marshmallows		a camping trip			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent marshmallow=Theme on trip=Destination

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: Tough, we're bigger."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tough	tough	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bigger	punct
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 bigger	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bigger	cop
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Tough	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Tough	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Tough	punct

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

Sentence 3: What would fair rules say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 What	aux
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rules	amod
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	fair rules						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Bigger kids always get more, that's just nature and how it works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 get	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nature	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 nature	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 nature	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 nature	advmod
10	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 works	cc
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 works	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 works	nsubj
14	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	present	Bigger kids	more	always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus
2	is a	present	that	nature		tree rules
3	work	present	nature			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Share them fairly, as being bigger gives no extra right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	1 Share	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gives	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 gives	mark
6	being	be	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 gives	csubj
7	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 being	xcomp
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Share	parataxis
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 right	det
10	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 right	amod
11	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	them = they	fairly property	tree rules
2	be	gerund			big property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	give	present	being	no extra right		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Theme

Option 3

The one who opened the bag owns all of them, every last one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owns	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 opened	nsubj
4	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bag	det
6	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj
7	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 owns	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 all	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 owns	punct
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 one	det
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the one	the bag					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bag=Theme
2	own	present	the one	all					tree rules

Option 4

Nobody should have marshmallows at all on camping trips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 have	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	marshmallows	marshmallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 have	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 trips	case
8	camping	camping	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trips	compound
9	trips	trip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	should	Nobody	marshmallows		all		on camping trips	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marshmallow=Patient

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