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Test 4 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

The vicar says, very formally: «Every human life is of inestimable worth; should a friend speak of wishing to die, you must inform a trusted adult forthwith.» What does he mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: vicar, human life, friend speak, you · What happens: say, be, wish, die, inform, trust · To what, where: trusted adult · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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: The vicar says, very formally: «Every human life is of inestimable worth; should a friend speak of wishing to die, you must inform a trusted adult forthwith.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vicar	det
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 formally	punct
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 formally	advmod
6	formally	formally	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 worth	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 worth	punct
9	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 life	det
10	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 worth	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 worth	cop
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 worth	case
14	inestimable	inestimable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 worth	amod
15	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 speak	punct
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 speak	aux
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 speak	det
19	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 speak	compound
20	speak	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 worth	parataxis
21	of	of	SCONJ	_	22 wishing	mark
22	wishing	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 speak	acl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 die	mark
24	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 wishing	xcomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 inform	punct
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	28 inform	nsubj
27	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 inform	aux
28	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 speak	conj
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 adult	det
30	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 adult	amod
31	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 inform	obj
32	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 inform	xcomp
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 speak	punct
34	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 worth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the vicar					formally property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	every human life					of inestimable worth	tree rules
3	wish in a quote	gerund	a friend speak not said here						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	die not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	a friend speak not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	inform speech: other in a quote	must	you		a trusted adult			forthwith property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
6	trust in a quote	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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: What does he mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	vicar						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Every life matters; tell a trusted adult straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 life	det
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	nsubj
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 matters	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
7	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	5 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	every life						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a trusted adult			away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Only vicars may be told such things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 vicars	advmod
2	vicars	vicar	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	may · passive		vicars					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient thing=Topic

Option 3

Life has a price that can be measured

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 price	det
4	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 measured	nsubj:pass
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 measured	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 measured	aux:pass
8	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 price	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Life	a price					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient
2	measure	can · passive		a price					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value

Option 4

Wait for the right moment to tell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 moment	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 moment	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 moment	amod
5	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tell	mark
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				moment		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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