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Test 9 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies

Sam's teacher, formally: «Those who wish to pray for Peanut may do so; everyone else may keep a moment of quiet.» Why is this fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, everyone, this · What happens: wish, pray, do, keep, be

This is test 9 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: Sam's teacher, formally: «Those who wish to pray for Peanut may do so; everyone else may keep a moment of quiet.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sam	case
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 do	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 formally	punct
5	formally	formally	ADV	_	3 teacher	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct
8	Those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	16 do	nsubj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wish	nsubj
10	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Those	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pray	mark
12	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wish	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 Peanut	case
14	Peanut	peanut	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pray	obl
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 do	aux
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	so	so	ADV	_	16 do	advmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 keep	punct
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	22 keep	nsubj
20	else	else	ADV	_	19 everyone	advmod
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 keep	aux
22	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 do	conj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 moment	det
24	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 keep	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 quiet	case
26	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 moment	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish in a quote	present							vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pray not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive						for Peanut	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for peanut=Theme
3	do in a quote	may	Sam's teacher						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	keep in a quote	may	everyone				moment		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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: Why is this fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 fair	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 fair	nsubj
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It makes all the non-praying children leave the room

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 children	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
5	non-praying	non-praying	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 children	compound
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leave	nsubj
7	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material
2	leave	present	all non-praying children	the room					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

Option 2

It forces every single child in the class to pray

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	2 forces	nsubj
2	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 child	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 child	amod
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forces	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 class	det
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 child	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 pray	mark
10	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 child	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	to-infinitive							vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

It forbids anyone at all to pray at school

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	2 forbids	nsubj
2	forbids	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 forbids	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 anyone	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pray	mark
7	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forbids	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pray	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present	It	anyone		all			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer anyone=Theme
2	pray	to-infinitive				school			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It lets each child share in their own way

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	2 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lets	obj
5	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lets	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 way	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	It	each child					tree rules
2	share	infinitive	each child not said here			their own way			tree rules

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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