Test 2 · ★★★ · Mock ethics olympiad

A judge asks, "What about the friend's feelings?" and your team never thought of it. What is best?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, team · What happens: ask, not think, be

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Mock ethics olympiad» 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, "What about the friend's feelings?" and your team never thought of it.

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	_	6 What	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 What	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 asks	ccomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	11 feelings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 friend	det
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feelings	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 friend	case
11	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 What	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 What	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 What	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 thought	cc
15	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 team	nmod:poss
16	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 thought	nsubj
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 thought	advmod
18	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 thought	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	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»: agent=Agent
2	not think speech: other	past	your team					of judge	vn focus-87.1-1 «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 best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 best	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 best	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Pretend you already discussed it and invent a clever answer on the spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 discussed	nsubj
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 discussed	advmod
4	discussed	discuss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pretend	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 discussed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 invent	cc
7	invent	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pretend	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 answer	det
9	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 answer	amod
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invent	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 spot	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 spot	det
13	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 invent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	discuss speech: other	past	you	it		vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	invent	present	you not said here	a clever answer	the spot	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Result

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Say honestly you had not considered it, then think it through aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	1 Say	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 considered	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 considered	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 considered	advmod
6	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Say	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 considered	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 think	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 think	advmod
10	think	think	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 think	obj
12	through	through	ADP	_	13 aloud	case
13	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	10 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			honestly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not consider	past · perfect	you	it			vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
3	think speech: other	infinitive	you not said here	it	then		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Ask the judge to ask a different question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 judge	det
3	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 ask	mark
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 question	det
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 question	amod
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the judge					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent judge=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive	the judge not said here	a different question					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Option 4

Say the friend's feelings don't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feelings	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 friend	case
5	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 matter	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 matter	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 matter	advmod
8	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not matter	present · do-support	the friend's feelings						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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