Test 5 · ★★★ · Mock ethics olympiad

"We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated." What is wrong with this response?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, judges, other lot · What happens: lose, be, cheat · To what, where: total idiots

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: "We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 idiots	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 judges	det
6	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 idiots	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 idiots	cop
8	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 idiots	amod
9	idiots	idiot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cheated	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lot	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lot	amod
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cheated	nsubj
14	cheated	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 idiots	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 idiots	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose in a quote	past	We		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	past	the judges	total idiots	tree rules
3	cheat in a quote	past	the other lot		vn cheat-10.6.1 «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 wrong with this response?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 response	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 response	det
6	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with this response; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing; it is the natural and fair thing to say after losing

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	_	9 thing	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thing	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
6	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fair	cc
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 natural	conj
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	appos
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 thing	acl
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 losing	mark
13	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 say	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the natural thing	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	lose	gerund			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is far too kind and grateful to everyone who was there

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	5 kind	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 kind	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 kind	advmod
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grateful	cc
7	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kind	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 kind	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 there	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 there	cop
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 everyone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	to everyone; far, kind property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	is	past		there property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It gives far too many good reasons for losing the round

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 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 many	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 many	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reasons	amod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reasons	amod
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gives	obj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 losing	mark
9	losing	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 reasons	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 round	det
11	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 losing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	It	many good reasons					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	lose	gerund	many good reasons not said here	the round					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent round=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It attacks people instead of learning from the round

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 attacks	nsubj
2	attacks	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attacks	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	6 learning	mark
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 attacks	advcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 round	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 round	det
9	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	It	people					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	learn	gerund				the round			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from round=Source

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