Test 7 · ★★★ · Mock ethics olympiad

Teammate writes the question as: "Is it about lying and stuff and friends and also maybe the teacher?" How could it be improved?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Teammate · What happens: write, be, lie, improve · To what, where: question, stuff, Teammate

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Teammate writes the question as: "Is it about lying and stuff and friends and also maybe the teacher?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teammate	teammate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writes	nsubj
2	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writes	obj
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 it	mark
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 as	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 it	punct
8	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 it	cop
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 writes	advcl
10	about	about	SCONJ	_	11 lying	mark
11	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 writes	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stuff	cc
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lying	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 friends	cc
15	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stuff	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 teacher	cc
17	also	also	ADV	_	20 teacher	advmod
18	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	20 teacher	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 teacher	det
20	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lying	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 teacher	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 teacher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	write	present	Teammate	the question		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	Teammate not said here	question		tree rules
3	lie in a quote	gerund	Teammate not said here	stuff and friends	the teacher obl	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stuff=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: How could it be improved?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 improved	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 improved	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 improved	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 improved	aux:pass
5	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 improved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	could · passive		Teammate					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Put it in one clear sentence, like "Should Sam tell the truth if it hurts a friend?"

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 sentence	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 sentence	nummod
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sentence	amod
6	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 tell	mark
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
10	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 tell	aux
11	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tell	nsubj
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 truth	det
14	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 hurts	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hurts	nsubj
17	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tell	advcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 friend	det
19	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hurts	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it	one clear sentence	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sentence=Destination
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	should	Sam	the truth		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
3	hurt a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	truth	a friend		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Patient

Option 2

Leave it as it is, the judges will understand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Leave	obj
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 is	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 is	nsubj
5	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 understand	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 judges	det
8	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 understand	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 understand	aux
10	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	it	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	be	present	it		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	understand	future	the judges		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Make it longer so nothing is left out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Make	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 left	advmod
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 left	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 left	aux:pass
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Make	advcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 left	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	leave out	present · passive		nothing					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Turn it into a list of ten questions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Turn	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 list	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 list	det
5	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 questions	case
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 questions	nummod
8	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 list	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	it		a list of ten questions			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme into list=Trajectory
2	list			ten questions					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

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