Test 11 · ★★★ · Is it fair? Why bad things happen to good people
«I'm well angry it's not fair, is that bad?» asks Freddie. Which answer turns anger to good?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Freddie, it, answer · What happens: be, not be, ask, turn · To what, where: anger, good · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: «I'm well angry it's not fair, is that bad?» asks Freddie.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 angry | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 angry | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 angry | cop |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 angry | advmod |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fair | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fair | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 fair | advmod |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 angry | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bad | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 bad | cop |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 bad | mark |
| 13 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 angry | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 angry | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 angry | punct |
| 16 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | Freddie | Freddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 asks | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Freddie | angry, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | it | fair property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Freddie not said here | bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | present | Freddie | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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: Which answer turns anger to good?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 answer | det |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | nsubj |
| 3 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turns | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 good | case |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 turns | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 turns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | which answer | anger | good | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent anger=Theme to good=Trajectory |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It's natural; it can push you to help others
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 natural | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 natural | cop |
| 3 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 push | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 push | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 push | aux |
| 7 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 natural | parataxis |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 push | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 help | mark |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 push | advcl |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | natural property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | push | can | it | you | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 3 | help | to-infinitive | others | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Yes, being angry about a death is always very bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 angry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 angry | cop |
| 4 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bad | advcl |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 death | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 death | det |
| 7 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 angry | obl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 bad | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 bad | advmod |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 bad | advmod |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | about a death; angry property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | always, bad property | tree rules |
Option 3
Hide it, because nobody should ever see you angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 see | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 see | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | aux |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 see | advmod |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hide | parataxis |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 see | obj |
| 10 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 see | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | should | nobody | you | ever | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
No, so shout at people until the anger passes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 shout | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shout | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 shout | advmod |
| 4 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shout | obl |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 passes | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 anger | det |
| 9 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 passes | nsubj |
| 10 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shout | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | at people | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | pass | present | the anger | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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