Test 1 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Your mate says, "Lying to the bullies is the same as lying to your mum." What is a reasoned reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Lying · What happens: say, lie, be · To what, where: reasoned reply · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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: Your mate says, "Lying to the bullies is the same as lying to your mum."

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	_	12 same	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 same	punct
6	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 same	csubj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 bullies	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bullies	det
9	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Lying	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 same	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 same	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 lying	mark
14	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 same	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 mum	case
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mum	nmod:poss
17	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lying	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	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		to the bullies	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	Lying	same property	tree rules
4	lie in a quote	gerund	Lying not said here	to your mum	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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 is a reasoned reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reply	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reply	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	reasoned	reasoned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reply	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No; lying to your mum is always fine, but lying to bullies never ever is

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 fine	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fine	csubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 mum	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lying	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 fine	advmod
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lying	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 lying	cc
12	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 fine	advcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 bullies	case
14	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lying	obl
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 ever	advmod
16	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 lying	advmod
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund			to your mum	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	lying		always, fine property	tree rules
3	lie	gerund	lying not said here	ever	to bullies	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, so tell the bullies where Sam is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bullies	det
6	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	obj
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 tell	ccomp
8	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 where	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the bullies					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bully=Recipient
2	is	present	Sam					where property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No; bullies want to hurt Sam, so they have no right to that information

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 want	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hurt	mark
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hurt	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 have	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	nsubj
11	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 right	det
13	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 information	case
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 information	det
16	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 right	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	bullies			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hurt not said to happen	to-infinitive	bullies not said here	Sam		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sam=Patient
3	have	present	bullies = bully	no right	to that information	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient

Option 4

Yes; every lie is exactly the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 same	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lie	det
4	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 same	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 same	cop
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 same	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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