Test 2 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies
A Gen Z teen says, «Flushing your fish is lowkey disrespectful, no cap.» Is there a good reason not to flush?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Z teen, Flushing, good reason · What happens: say, flush, be, not flush · To what, where: fish · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» 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 Gen Z teen says, «Flushing your fish is lowkey disrespectful, no cap.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 teen | det |
| 2 | Gen | gen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Z | compound |
| 3 | Z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 teen | compound |
| 4 | teen | teen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Flushing | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Flushing | punct |
| 8 | Flushing | flush | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 disrespectful | csubj |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 fish | nmod:poss |
| 10 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Flushing | obj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 disrespectful | cop |
| 12 | lowkey | lowkey | ADV | _ | 13 disrespectful | advmod |
| 13 | disrespectful | disrespectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 cap | punct |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 cap | det |
| 16 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 disrespectful | parataxis |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 disrespectful | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Z teen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | flush in a quote | gerund | your fish | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Source | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Flushing | disrespectful, lowkey property | tree rules |
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: Is there a good reason not to flush?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 1 Is | expl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 flush | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 flush | mark |
| 8 | flush | flush | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reason | acl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a good reason | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not flush | to-infinitive | a good reason not said here | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Flushing makes the toilet go bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flushing | flush | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 toilet | det |
| 4 | toilet | toilet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 go | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flush | gerund | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | the toilet | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | the toilet not said here | bad property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fish come back up the pipes if flushed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 come | advmod |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 pipes | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pipes | det |
| 6 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | obl |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 flushed | mark |
| 8 | flushed | flush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 come | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present | Fish | the pipes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme up pipe=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | flush a condition, not said to happen | participle | Fish not said here | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It can spread illness to wild fish, and burial feels kinder
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 spread | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 spread | aux |
| 3 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spread | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 fish | case |
| 6 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fish | amod |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spread | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feels | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 feels | cc |
| 10 | burial | burial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feels | nsubj |
| 11 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 spread | parataxis |
| 12 | kinder | kind | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 feels | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | can | It | illness | to wild fish | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location illness=Theme | |||
| 2 | feel | present | burial | kind property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
It is against the law to flush a fish in every single country in the world
The tree, 16 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 | 5 law | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 law | cop |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 law | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 law | det |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 flush | mark |
| 7 | flush | flush | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 law | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fish | det |
| 9 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flush | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 country | case |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 country | det |
| 12 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 country | amod |
| 13 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flush | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 world | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 world | det |
| 16 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 country | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | against the law | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | flush | to-infinitive | a fish | every single country in the world | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Source |
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