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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.»

detcompoundcompoundnsubjpunctpunctcsubjnmod:possobjcopadvmodccomppunctdetparataxispunctpunctrootADETGenNOUNZNOUNteenNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT«PUNCTFlushingVERByourPRONfishNOUNisAUXlowkeyADVdisrespectfulADJ,PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 teendet
2GengenNOUNNumber=Sing3 Zcompound
3ZzNOUNNumber=Sing4 teencompound
4teenteenNOUNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6,,PUNCT_8 Flushingpunct
7««PUNCT_8 Flushingpunct
8FlushingflushVERBVerbForm=Ger13 disrespectfulcsubj
9youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 fishnmod:poss
10fishfishNOUNNumber=Sing8 Flushingobj
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 disrespectfulcop
12lowkeylowkeyADV_13 disrespectfuladvmod
13disrespectfuldisrespectfulADJDegree=Pos5 saysccomp
14,,PUNCT_16 cappunct
15nonoDETPronType=Neg16 capdet
16capcapNOUNNumber=Sing13 disrespectfulparataxis
17..PUNCT_13 disrespectfulpunct
18»»PUNCT_5 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta Z teenvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2flush in a quotegerundyour fishvn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Source
3is in a quotepresentFlushingdisrespectful, lowkey propertytree 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?

expldetamodnsubjadvmodmarkaclpunctrootIsVERBtherePRONaDETgoodADJreasonNOUNnotPARTtoPARTflushVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
2theretherePRONPronType=Dem1 Isexpl
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 reasondet
4goodgoodADJDegree=Pos5 reasonamod
5reasonreasonNOUNNumber=Sing1 Isnsubj
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 flushadvmod
7totoPART_8 flushmark
8flushflushVERBVerbForm=Inf5 reasonacl
9??PUNCT_1 Ispunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresenta good reasontherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2not flushto-infinitivea good reason not said herevn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Flushing makes the toilet go bad

nsubjdetobjxcompxcomprootFlushingVERBmakesVERBtheDETtoiletNOUNgoVERBbadADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FlushingflushVERBVerbForm=Ger2 makesnsubj
2makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 toiletdet
4toilettoiletNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesobj
5gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf2 makesxcomp
6badbadADJDegree=Pos5 goxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flushgerundvn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2makepresentthe toilettree rules
3goinfinitivethe toilet not said herebad propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Fish come back up the pipes if flushed

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblmarkadvclrootFishNOUNcomeVERBbackADVupADPtheDETpipesNOUNifSCONJflushedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FishfishNOUNNumber=Plur2 comensubj
2comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3backbackADV_2 comeadvmod
4upupADP_6 pipescase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 pipesdet
6pipespipeNOUNNumber=Plur2 comeobl
7ififSCONJ_8 flushedmark
8flushedflushVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 comeadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come backpresentFishthe pipesvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme up pipe=Initial_Location
2flush a condition, not said to happenparticipleFish not said herevn 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

nsubjauxobjcaseamodoblpunctccnsubjparataxisxcomprootItPRONcanAUXspreadVERBillnessNOUNtoADPwildADJfishNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJburialNOUNfeelsVERBkinderADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 spreadnsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 spreadaux
3spreadspreadVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4illnessillnessNOUNNumber=Sing3 spreadobj
5totoADP_7 fishcase
6wildwildADJDegree=Pos7 fishamod
7fishfishNOUNNumber=Sing3 spreadobl
8,,PUNCT_11 feelspunct
9andandCCONJ_11 feelscc
10burialburialNOUNNumber=Sing11 feelsnsubj
11feelsfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 spreadparataxis
12kinderkindADJDegree=Cmp11 feelsxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spreadcanItillnessto wild fishvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location illness=Theme
2feelpresentburialkind propertyvn 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
nsubjcopcasedetmarkacldetobjcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodrootItPRONisAUXagainstADPtheDETlawNOUNtoPARTflushVERBaDETfishNOUNinADPeveryDETsingleADJcountryNOUNinADPtheDETworldNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 lawnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 lawcop
3againstagainstADP_5 lawcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 lawdet
5lawlawNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6totoPART_7 flushmark
7flushflushVERBVerbForm=Inf5 lawacl
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 fishdet
9fishfishNOUNNumber=Sing7 flushobj
10ininADP_13 countrycase
11everyeveryDETPronType=Tot13 countrydet
12singlesingleADJDegree=Pos13 countryamod
13countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing7 flushobl
14ininADP_16 worldcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 worlddet
16worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing13 countrynmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItagainst the lawtree rules
2flushto-infinitivea fishevery single country in the worldvn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Source

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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