Test 7 · ★★ · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news

A London kid says, «Allow it, the boat thing ain't our problem, innit.» («Allow it» means «forget it, leave it».) What is a fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: London kid · What happens: say, allow, mean, forget, leave, be · To what, where: kid, thing, fair answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» 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 London kid says, «Allow it, the boat thing ain't our problem, innit.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 kid	compound
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Allow	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 Allow	punct
7	Allow	allow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Allow	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ai	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thing	det
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thing	compound
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ai	nsubj
13	ai	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 ai	advmod
15	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 problem	nmod:poss
16	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ai	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 innit	punct
18	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 problem	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a London kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	allow in a quote	infinitive		kid					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary

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: («Allow it» means «forget it, leave it».)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 Allow	punct
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 Allow	punct
3	Allow	allow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 means	nsubj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 Allow	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 Allow	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 forget	punct
8	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forget	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 leave	punct
11	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 forget	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 leave	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 forget	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	allow in a quote	infinitive	thing	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	forget in a quote	infinitive	thing	tree rules
4	leave in a quote	infinitive	thing	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Sentence 3: What is a fair answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 answer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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		a fair answer					tree rules

The options

Option 1

He is right; nobody here needs to care about it at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 needs	punct
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 needs	nsubj
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 nobody	advmod
7	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 care	mark
9	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 needs	xcomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 care	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	need	present	nobody			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	care not said to happen	to-infinitive	nobody not said here	all	about it	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is sad, and many people of all faiths try to help refugees

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 sad	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 try	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 try	cc
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 try	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 faiths	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 faiths	det
10	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 people	nmod
11	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 try	xcomp
14	refugees	refugee	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		sad property	tree rules
2	try	present	many people of all faiths			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	many people of all faiths not said here	refugees		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refugee=Beneficiary

Option 3

It is everybody's own fault for getting in the boat in the first place

The tree, 15 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	6 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fault	cop
3	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 fault	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 everybody	case
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fault	amod
6	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 getting	mark
8	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fault	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 boat	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boat	det
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 getting	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 place	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 place	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 place	amod
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	everybody's own fault					tree rules
2	get	gerund	everybody's own fault not said here			the boat		in the first place	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Boats only ever sink like that in films, not in real life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sink	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 sink	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 sink	advmod
4	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 that	case
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 sink	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 films	case
8	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sink	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 life	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 life	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 life	case
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 life	amod
13	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sink	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	infinitive	Boats			films	ever	like that	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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