Test 7 · ★★ · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

Sister: "If I forgive Tom for breaking my bike, he gets away with it." What is a good answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Sister · What happens: forgive, break, get away, be · To what, where: Tom, bike, good answer

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Sister: "If I forgive Tom for breaking my bike, he gets away with it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gets	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 forgive	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 forgive	punct
4	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 forgive	mark
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 forgive	nsubj
6	forgive	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sister	parataxis
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 forgive	obj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 breaking	mark
9	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 forgive	advcl
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bike	nmod:poss
11	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breaking	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sister	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gets	nsubj
14	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 gets	advmod
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gets	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 gets	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forgive a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	I	Tom		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Theme
2	break in a quote	gerund	I not said here	my bike		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Patient
3	get away in a quote	present	Sister		with bike; away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: 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 a good answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 answer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good answer					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Forgiving means he must never have to fix or pay for anything at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiving	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 have	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 have	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 have	advmod
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fix	mark
8	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	xcomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 pay	cc
10	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 anything	case
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 pay	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	forgive	gerund				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not have	must	he			tree rules
4	fix	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	pay	infinitive	he not said here	all	for anything	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for anything=Theme

Option 2

Forgiving only works if he is your best friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgiving	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 works	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 works	advmod
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 friend	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 friend	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 friend	cop
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 friend	nmod:poss
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 friend	amod
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	forgive	gerund			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	work	present			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	he	your best friend	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

You can forgive him and still ask him to help fix or pay for it

The tree, 15 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 forgive	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forgive	aux
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgive	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ask	cc
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 ask	advmod
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgive	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ask	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ask	xcomp
11	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 help	xcomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 pay	cc
13	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 help	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	can	You	him = he				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	present	You not said here		him = he	still		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	fix not said to happen	infinitive	You not said here					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	pay	infinitive	You not said here				for it	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 4

Don't forgive him, just break his bike back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 forgive	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 forgive	advmod
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgive	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 break	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 break	advmod
7	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 forgive	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bike	nmod:poss
9	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 break	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	7 break	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not forgive	imperative · do-support	you not said here	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	break back	infinitive	you not said here	his bike					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Patient

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