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Test 10 · ★★★ · Is it fair? Why bad things happen to good people

«Everything happens for a reason, sweetie,» says Holly's gran; her dad mutters, «Not so sure, Mum.» Who is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Everything, gran, dad · What happens: happen, say, mutter, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Is it fair? Why bad things happen to good people» 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: «Everything happens for a reason, sweetie,» says Holly's gran; her dad mutters, «Not so sure, Mum.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 happens	punct
2	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 happens	nsubj
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 reason	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reason	det
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happens	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sweetie	punct
8	sweetie	sweetie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reason	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happens	conj
12	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 gran	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Holly	case
14	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 mutters	punct
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 dad	nmod:poss
17	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 mutters	nsubj
18	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happens	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 sure	punct
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	23 sure	punct
21	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 sure	advmod
22	so	so	ADV	_	23 sure	advmod
23	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 mutters	ccomp
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Mum	punct
25	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sure	vocative
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 sure	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen in a quote	present	Everything					for a reason and sweetie	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	Holly's gran						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	mutter speech: assert	present	gran's dad						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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: Who is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	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	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Dad, because science has proved there is no reason for anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reason	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 proved	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 proved	mark
4	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proved	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 proved	aux
6	proved	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 is	advcl
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 is	expl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 reason	det
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 anything	case
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 reason	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · perfect	science						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Dad	no reason				for anything	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They disagree on a question people still argue about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 disagree	nsubj
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 question	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disagree	obl
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 argue	nsubj
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 argue	advmod
8	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 question	acl:relcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	8 argue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	They					on a question	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on question=Topic
2	argue speech: disagree	present	people	a question not said here			still		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent question=Topic

Option 3

Gran, because older people are always right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 right	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 right	mark
4	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 right	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 right	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 right	advmod
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Gran	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	older people					always, right property	tree rules

Option 4

Neither; the question has an easy answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	5 has	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 question	det
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 answer	det
7	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 answer	amod
8	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the question	a easy answer				neither property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Patient

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