Test 11 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling Great-Gran asks for her dog again. Your cousin says, "Just tell her he's dead, again." What is a reasoned view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Great Gran, cousin, dog, reasoned view · What happens: ask, say, tell, be · To what, where: cousin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Great-Gran asks for her dog again.
amod punct nsubj case nmod:poss obl advmod punct root Great ADJ - PUNCT Gran PROPN asks VERB for ADP her PRON dog NOUN again ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Great great ADJ Degree=Pos 3 Gran amod 2 - - PUNCT _ 1 Great punct 3 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 4 asks nsubj 4 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 for for 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 again again ADV _ 4 asks advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Great Gran again for Gran's dog vn inquire-37.1.2 «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: Your cousin says, "Just tell her he's dead, again."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct advmod ccomp iobj nsubj cop ccomp punct advmod punct punct root Your PRON cousin NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Just ADV tell VERB her PRON he PRON 's AUX dead ADJ , PUNCT again ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 cousin nmod:poss 2 cousin cousin 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 _ 7 tell punct 6 Just just ADV _ 7 tell advmod 7 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 tell iobj 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 dead nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 dead cop 11 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 7 tell ccomp 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 again punct 13 again again ADV _ 7 tell advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 tell punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 7 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your cousin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 tell speech: assert in a quote infinitive cousin again vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient 3 is in a quote present dog dead property tree rules
Sentence 3: What is a reasoned view?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX a DET reasoned ADJ view NOUN ? PUNCT 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 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 view det 4 reasoned reasoned ADJ Degree=Pos 5 view amod 5 view view 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 a reasoned view tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Ignore her questions completely
nmod:poss obj advmod root Ignore VERB her PRON questions NOUN completely ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ignore ignore VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 questions nmod:poss 3 questions question NOUN Number=Plur 1 Ignore obj 4 completely completely ADV _ 1 Ignore advmod
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1 ignore imperative you not said here her questions completely property vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme 2 question her = she nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 2 He's right; truth must be told every time
nsubj cop punct nsubj:pass aux aux:pass parataxis det obl:unmarked root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ ; PUNCT truth NOUN must AUX be AUX told VERB every DET time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 told punct 5 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 8 told nsubj:pass 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 told aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 told aux:pass 8 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 right parataxis 9 every every DET PronType=Tot 10 time det 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 told obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 tell speech: assert must · passive truth time vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Option 3 Tell her the dog ran away
iobj det nsubj ccomp advmod root Tell VERB her PRON the DET dog NOUN ran VERB away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 dog det 4 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 5 ran nsubj 5 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell ccomp 6 away away ADV _ 5 ran advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 run away past the dog away property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer It's an open question; many carers think gently going along is kinder, others disagree
The tree, 15 words nsubj cop det amod punct amod nsubj parataxis advmod csubj advmod cop ccomp punct nsubj advcl root It PRON 's AUX an DET open ADJ question NOUN ; PUNCT many ADJ carers NOUN think VERB gently ADV going VERB along ADV is AUX kinder ADJ , PUNCT others NOUN disagree VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 question nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 question cop 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 question det 4 open open ADJ Degree=Pos 5 question amod 5 question question NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 think punct 7 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 8 carers amod 8 carers carer NOUN Number=Plur 9 think nsubj 9 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 question parataxis 10 gently gently ADV _ 9 think advmod 11 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 14 kinder csubj 12 along along ADV _ 11 going advmod 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 kinder cop 14 kinder kind ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 think ccomp 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 disagree punct 16 others other NOUN Number=Plur 17 disagree nsubj 17 disagree disagree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 think advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a open question tree rules 2 think speech: other present many carers gently property vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 go along gerund along property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 is present going kind property tree rules 5 disagree present others vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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