Test 1 · ★★ · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

Brother: "Free speech means I can say whatever I want about anyone, deal with it." What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brother, I, best reply · What happens: mean, say, want, deal, be · To what, where: whatever · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» 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: "Free speech means I can say whatever I want about anyone, deal with it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 speech	punct
4	Free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 speech	amod
5	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	ccomp
10	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 want	obj
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 want	nsubj
12	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 anyone	case
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 want	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 deal	punct
16	deal	deal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 say	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 deal	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean in a quote	present	Brother			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	can	I			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	want in a quote	present	I	whatever	about anyone	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whatever=Theme
4	deal in a quote	infinitive	I not said here		with speech	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=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: 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

Free speech means you must always agree with me

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 speech	amod
2	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 agree	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 agree	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 agree	advmod
7	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 me	case
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 agree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Free speech						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	agree speech: agree	must	you					with me; always property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with i=Co-Agent

Option 2

You're right, words can never hurt anyone at all, only sticks and stones

The tree, 14 words

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	_	8 hurt	punct
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hurt	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 hurt	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 hurt	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sticks	punct
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 sticks	advmod
14	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stones	cc
16	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sticks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					sticks and stones obl; right property	tree rules
2	not hurt	can	words	anyone		all			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Free speech matters, but so does not hurting people for no reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 speech	amod
2	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	nsubj
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hurting	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 hurting	cc
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 hurting	advmod
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hurting	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hurting	advmod
9	hurting	hurt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 matters	advcl
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hurting	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 reason	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 reason	det
13	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	Free speech						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	not hurt	present · do-support	Free speech not said here	people				for no reason	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient

Option 4

Shut up, nobody cares what you say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cares	advcl
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Shut	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cares	punct
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 cares	nsubj
5	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 say	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cares	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	shut up	participle	nobody not said here	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	care	present	nobody	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	you	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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