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Test 9 · ★★ · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

Hamza says, "My imam said you can soften the truth to make peace." Your mate says, "So lying's fine for anything." What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hamza, imam, you, mate · What happens: say, soften, make, lie, be · To what, where: truth, peace · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» 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: Hamza says, "My imam said you can soften the truth to make peace."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hamza	Hamza	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
5	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 imam	nmod:poss
6	imam	imam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	parataxis
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 soften	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 soften	aux
10	soften	soften	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 soften	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 make	mark
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 soften	advcl
15	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 make	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Hamza						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	My imam						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	soften in a quote	can	you	the truth					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent truth=Patient
4	make in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	peace					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product

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: Your mate says, "So lying's fine for anything."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
6	So	so	ADV	_	9 fine	advmod
7	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fine	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 anything	case
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 fine	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	lie in a quote	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present						for anything; fine property	tree rules

Sentence 3: What's wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The exception is narrow, for peace, not for convenience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exception	det
2	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrow	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 narrow	cop
4	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 peace	punct
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 peace	case
7	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrow	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 convenience	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 convenience	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 convenience	case
11	convenience	convenience	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrow	conj

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

Option 2

Only Christians think honesty matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 think	advmod
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 matters	compound
5	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Christians	honesty matters					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot matter=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Muslims are never allowed to tell the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	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	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 tell	mark
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Muslims					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Muslims not said here	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 4

Nothing; any lie at all is fine for anything if an imam says so

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 fine	nsubj
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 lie	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lie	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 anything	case
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 fine	obl
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 says	mark
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 imam	det
13	imam	imam	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	advcl
15	so	so	ADV	_	14 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	any			all			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location
2	is	present	Nothing					for anything; fine property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	a imam						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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