Test 8 · ★ · Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice

Mia's friend asks about her dog, and Mia says, "I know for sure he's in heaven, a vet told me." What is the problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Mia, vet, problem · What happens: ask, say, know, be, tell · To what, where: heaven, Mia · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» 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: Mia's friend asks about her dog, and Mia says, "I know for sure he's in heaven, a vet told me."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	nsubj
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 dog	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dog	nmod:poss
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 says	cc
10	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 asks	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 know	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 know	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 know	nsubj
15	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 says	ccomp
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 sure	case
17	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 know	ccomp
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 heaven	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 heaven	cop
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 heaven	case
21	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sure	ccomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 told	punct
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 vet	det
24	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 told	nsubj
25	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 says	ccomp
26	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 told	iobj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 told	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Mia's friend			about friend's dog	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about dog=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	Mia				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know in a quote	present	Mia				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is in a quote	present	Mia		heaven		tree rules
5	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	a vet	Mia			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

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 is the problem?

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	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the problem						tree rules

The options

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

She claims a certainty she doesn't have; sharing a hope is honest, inventing proof is not

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 certainty	det
4	certainty	certainty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 claims	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 certainty	acl:relcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 sharing	punct
10	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 honest	csubj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hope	det
12	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sharing	obj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 honest	cop
14	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 claims	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 inventing	punct
16	inventing	invent	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 claims	conj
17	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 inventing	obj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 not	cop
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 inventing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	She	a certainty		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent certainty=Topic
2	not have	present · do-support	she	a certainty not said here		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent certainty=Patient
3	share	gerund		a hope		tree rules
4	is	present	sharing		honest property	tree rules
5	not invent	gerund	She not said here	proof		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proof=Result

Option 2

She should never say anything about the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 say	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 anything	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	should	She	anything				about the dog	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Option 3

Vets are not allowed to talk about heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vets	vet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 heaven	case
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Vets					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	Vets not said here					about heaven	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about heaven=Topic

Option 4

There is no problem; it is always good to comfort people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 good	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 good	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 good	advmod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 is	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 comfort	mark
11	comfort	comfort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 good	csubj
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 comfort	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present	no problem		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	it			always, good property	tree rules
3	comfort	to-infinitive		people			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer

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