Test 11 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude
«If you only get one life, why do people waste it?» asks Ella. Which is the wisest answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, people, Ella · What happens: get, waste, ask, be · To what, where: one life, life, wisest answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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: «If you only get one life, why do people waste it?» asks Ella.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 waste | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 waste | advcl |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 life | nummod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 waste | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 waste | aux |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 waste | nsubj |
| 12 | waste | waste | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 asks | ccomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 waste | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 waste | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 waste | punct |
| 16 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 asks | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | one life | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | waste in a quote | present · do-support | people | life | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | Ella | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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: Which is the wisest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 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 | the wisest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nobody ever wastes any time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 wastes | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 wastes | advmod |
| 3 | wastes | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wastes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | present | Nobody | ever; time | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
People get spare lives, so they can waste one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | spare | spare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lives | amod |
| 4 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 waste | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 waste | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 waste | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 waste | aux |
| 9 | waste | waste | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 get | parataxis |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 waste | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | People | spare lives | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | waste | can | People | one | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Everyone wastes time sometimes, but we can choose to spend our days well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 wastes | nsubj |
| 2 | wastes | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wastes | obj |
| 4 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 wastes | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 choose | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 choose | cc |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 choose | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 choose | aux |
| 9 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wastes | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 spend | mark |
| 11 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 choose | xcomp |
| 12 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 days | nmod:poss |
| 13 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 spend | obj |
| 14 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 spend | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | present | Everyone | time | sometimes property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | choose | can | we | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | spend | to-infinitive | we not said here | day | well property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Life is so short that nothing matters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 short | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 short | cop |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 short | advmod |
| 4 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 matters | mark |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 matters | nsubj |
| 7 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 short | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Life | short property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | matter | present | nothing | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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