Test 2 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

Toby asks, "Why do they say 'the whole truth' as well as 'the truth'?" What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toby, they, best answer · What happens: ask, say, be · To what, where: whole truth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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: Toby asks, "Why do they say 'the whole truth' as well as 'the truth'?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toby	Toby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
5	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 say	advmod
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asks	parataxis
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 truth	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 truth	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 truth	amod
12	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obj
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 truth	punct
14	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	19 truth	cc
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 as	fixed
16	as	as	ADP	_	19 truth	case
17	'	'	PUNCT	_	19 truth	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 truth	det
19	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	conj
20	'	'	PUNCT	_	19 truth	punct
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Toby						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present · do-support	they	the whole truth					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent truth=Topic

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 best answer?

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	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

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

Leaving out important parts can mislead, so witnesses must tell all of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mislead	csubj
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Leaving	compound:prt
3	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parts	amod
4	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Leaving	obj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 mislead	aux
6	mislead	mislead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tell	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 tell	advmod
9	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tell	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 tell	aux
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 mislead	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 tell	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave out	gerund		important parts	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
2	mislead	can	Leaving		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	must	witnesses	all	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient

Option 2

Because "whole" is just a nicer word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 whole	mark
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 whole	punct
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 word	advcl
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 whole	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 word	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	9 word	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 word	det
8	nicer	nice	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 word	amod
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

Because judges like long sentences and the old words sound grander in court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	10 sound	mark
2	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sound	nsubj
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 sentences	case
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sentences	amod
5	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 judges	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 words	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sentences	conj
10	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	grander	grand	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 sound	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 court	case
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	judges like long sentences and the old words			court		grand property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in court=Location

Option 4

Because one truth isn't enough for a court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 enough	mark
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 truth	nummod
3	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enough	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 enough	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 enough	advmod
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 court	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 court	det
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 enough	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	one truth					for a court; enough property	tree rules

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