Test 2 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.» What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tyler, It, snail innit, best reply · What happens: laugh, be, care · To what, where: snail innit

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
5	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 innit	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 innit	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 innit	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 innit	det
9	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 innit	compound
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughs	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cares	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 cares	nsubj
13	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 innit	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughs	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 laughs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	present	Tyler		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	It	a snail innit	tree rules
3	care in a quote	present	a snail innit		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 the best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

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

It's alive and wants to live; don't hurt living things for fun

The tree, 14 words

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	3 alive	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 alive	cop
3	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wants	cc
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 alive	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 live	mark
7	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 hurt	punct
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hurt	advmod
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 alive	parataxis
12	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 things	amod
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hurt	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 fun	case
15	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		alive property	tree rules
2	want	present				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	live not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not hurt	infinitive · do-support		living things	for fun	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Patient
5	live	gerund				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Snails are pests in the garden, so crunching them is actually kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snails	snail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pests	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pests	cop
3	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pests	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kind	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 kind	advmod
9	crunching	crunch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 kind	csubj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 crunching	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 kind	cop
12	actually	actually	ADV	_	13 kind	advmod
13	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pests	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Snails	pests	the garden		tree rules
2	crunch	gerund		Snails = snail			vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	is	present	crunching			actually, kind property	tree rules

Option 3

Fine, as long as nobody sees you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Fine	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 sees	mark
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 sees	nsubj
7	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	nobody	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 4

Fine, snails can't feel anything at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 snails	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	snails	snail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 feel	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 feel	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 feel	advmod
6	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 feel	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not feel	can	Fine snails	anything		all			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Location

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