Test 9 · ★ · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book
Freya's friend says, "Libraries are rich, they don't care about one book." What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Libraries, best answer · What happens: say, be, not care · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 89 «Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book» 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: Freya's friend says, "Libraries are rich, they don't care about one book."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Freya | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rich | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 rich | punct |
| 7 | Libraries | library | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rich | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 rich | cop |
| 9 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 care | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 care | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 care | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 care | advmod |
| 14 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 book | case |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 book | nummod |
| 17 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 care | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 care | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Freya's friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Libraries | rich property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not care in a quote | present · do-support | Libraries = library | about one book | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about book=Stimulus |
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
Libraries make money from lost books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libraries | library | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 books | case |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 books | amod |
| 6 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Libraries | money | lost books | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset money=Product from book=Material | |||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Only librarians pay for lost books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 librarians | advmod |
| 2 | librarians | librarian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 books | case |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 books | amod |
| 6 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | librarians | for lost books | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for book=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Libraries are shared; when one person lies, everyone pays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libraries | library | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shared | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shared | aux:pass |
| 3 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 lies | punct |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 lies | mark |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 person | nummod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lies | nsubj |
| 8 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shared | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pays | punct |
| 10 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 pays | nsubj |
| 11 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lies | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present · passive | Libraries | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lie | present | one person | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pay | present | everyone | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
She's right, so it's fine to lie about it to save a bit of money
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fine | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 fine | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fine | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 lie | mark |
| 10 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fine | csubj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lie | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 save | mark |
| 14 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 lie | advcl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 bit | det |
| 16 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 save | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 money | case |
| 18 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | She not said here | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lie | to-infinitive | about it | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location | |||||
| 4 | save | to-infinitive | a bit of money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme |
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