Test 10 · ★★★ · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do An ethics olympiad judge asks: «Ben meant to help with "at least". Does a good intention make the words good?» What is the best-reasoned answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: olympiad judge, Ben, good intention, reasoned answer · What happens: ask, mean, help, make, be, reason · To what, where: words · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do» 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: An ethics olympiad judge asks: «Ben meant to help with "at least".
det compound compound nsubj punct punct nsubj ccomp mark xcomp case punct case obl punct punct root An DET ethics NOUN olympiad NOUN judge NOUN asks VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT Ben PROPN meant VERB to PART help VERB with ADP " PUNCT at ADP least ADJ " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 judge det 2 ethics ethics NOUN Number=Sing 3 olympiad compound 3 olympiad olympiad NOUN Number=Sing 4 judge compound 4 judge judge NOUN Number=Sing 5 asks nsubj 5 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 : : PUNCT _ 9 meant punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 9 meant punct 8 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 9 meant nsubj 9 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 asks ccomp 10 to to PART _ 11 help mark 11 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 meant xcomp 12 with with ADP _ 15 least case 13 " " PUNCT _ 15 least punct 14 at at ADP _ 15 least case 15 least least ADJ Degree=Sup 11 help obl 16 " " PUNCT _ 9 meant punct 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present a olympiad judge vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 mean in a quote past Ben vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 help not said to happen, in a quote to-infinitive Ben not said here with least vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with least=Theme
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: Does a good intention make the words good?»
aux det amod nsubj det obj xcomp punct punct root Does AUX a DET good ADJ intention NOUN make VERB the DET words NOUN good ADJ ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 make aux 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 intention det 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 intention amod 4 intention intention NOUN Number=Sing 5 make nsubj 5 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 words det 7 words word NOUN Number=Plur 5 make obj 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 make xcomp 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 make punct 10 » » PUNCT _ 5 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present · do-support a good intention the words good property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset word=Product
Sentence 3: What is the best-reasoned answer?
cop det advmod punct amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ - PUNCT reasoned VERB answer NOUN ? PUNCT 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 7 answer det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 6 reasoned advmod 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 best punct 6 reasoned reason VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 answer amod 7 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the reasoned answer tree rules 2 reason participle vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, a good intention makes any words perfect
discourse punct det amod nsubj det obj xcomp root Yes INTJ , PUNCT a DET good ADJ intention NOUN makes VERB any DET words NOUN perfect ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 makes discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 intention det 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 intention amod 5 intention intention NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 any any DET PronType=Ind 8 words det 8 words word NOUN Number=Plur 6 makes obj 9 perfect perfect ADJ Degree=Pos 6 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present a good intention any words perfect property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset word=Product
Option 2 It doesn't matter, because words never hurt anyone
nsubj aux advmod punct mark nsubj advmod parataxis obj root It PRON does AUX n't PART matter VERB , PUNCT because SCONJ words NOUN never ADV hurt VERB anyone PRON 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 4 matter nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 matter aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 matter advmod 4 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 hurt punct 6 because because SCONJ _ 9 hurt mark 7 words word NOUN Number=Plur 9 hurt nsubj 8 never never ADV PronType=Neg 9 hurt advmod 9 hurt hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 matter parataxis 10 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 hurt obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not matter present · do-support It vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus 2 not hurt past words anyone vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient
Option 3 No, Ben is a bad person for saying it
discourse punct nsubj cop det amod mark acl obj root No INTJ , PUNCT Ben PROPN is AUX a DET bad ADJ person NOUN for SCONJ saying VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 person discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 7 person nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 person cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 person det 6 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 7 person amod 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 for for SCONJ _ 9 saying mark 9 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 person acl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 saying obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Ben a bad person tree rules 2 say speech: assert gerund a bad person not said here person vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Ben's intention was good, but words can still hurt; next time «I'm sorry» and listening is better
The tree, 19 words nmod:poss case nsubj cop punct cc nsubj aux advmod conj punct amod obl:unmarked punct nsubj cop parataxis punct cc nsubj cop conj root Ben PROPN 's PART intention NOUN was AUX good ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ words NOUN can AUX still ADV hurt VERB ; PUNCT next ADJ time NOUN « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX sorry ADJ » PUNCT and CCONJ listening VERB is AUX better ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 3 intention nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ben case 3 intention intention NOUN Number=Sing 5 good nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 good cop 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 hurt punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 11 hurt cc 8 words word NOUN Number=Plur 11 hurt nsubj 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 hurt aux 10 still still ADV _ 11 hurt advmod 11 hurt hurt VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 good conj 12 ; ; PUNCT _ 18 sorry punct 13 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 14 time amod 14 time time NOUN Number=Sing 18 sorry obl:unmarked 15 « « PUNCT _ 18 sorry punct 16 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 18 sorry nsubj 17 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 sorry cop 18 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 5 good parataxis 19 » » PUNCT _ 18 sorry punct 20 and and CCONJ _ 23 better cc 21 listening listen VERB VerbForm=Ger 23 better nsubj 22 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 better cop 23 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 good conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Ben's intention good property tree rules 2 hurt can words still vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 3 is in a quote present I time sorry property tree rules 4 listen gerund vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 5 is present good property tree rules 6 intend Ben nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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