Test 4 · ★★ · Rights, duties and community dilemmas
"The vote was 15 to 10, so the 10 losers just have to shut up." What is weak about this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: vote · What happens: be, have, shut up · To what, where: 15
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: "The vote was 15 to 10, so the 10 losers just have to shut up."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 have | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 vote | det |
| 3 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 have | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 15 | cop |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 vote | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 10 | case |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 15 | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 have | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 have | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 losers | det |
| 11 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 losers | nummod |
| 12 | losers | loser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 have | nsubj |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 have | advmod |
| 14 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 shut | mark |
| 16 | shut | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 have | xcomp |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 shut | compound:prt |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 have | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | 15 | to 10 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | the vote | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | shut up in a quote | to-infinitive | the vote not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 fair to the people who lost
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 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fair | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 fair | advmod |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 people | det |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fair | obl |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lost | nsubj |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 people | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | to the people; fair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | the people | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It uses numbers, which have no place in ethics
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 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 uses | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 numbers | acl:relcl |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 place | det |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 ethics | case |
| 10 | ethics | ethic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 place | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | It | numbers | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | numbers | no place | ethics | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It ignores that the minority still has rights and deserves a hearing
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 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 has | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 minority | det |
| 5 | minority | minority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 has | advmod |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ignores | advcl |
| 8 | rights | right | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 has | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 deserves | cc |
| 10 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ignores | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hearing | det |
| 12 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 deserves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | present | It | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have | present | the minority | rights | still | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | |||
| 3 | deserve | present | a hearing | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing; the winners can always do whatever they like with the losers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 winners | det |
| 4 | winners | winner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 do | advmod |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 8 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 like | nsubj |
| 10 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 losers | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 losers | det |
| 13 | losers | loser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | the winners | whatever | with the losers; always property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | like | present | winners = winner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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