Test 2 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling
"Snitch on me and you're dead," says Zac about the fiver. What is the best-reasoned move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Zac, best reasoned move · What happens: be, say, reason · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: "Snitch on me and you're dead," says Zac about the fiver.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Snitch | punct |
| 2 | Snitch | snitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | ccomp |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 me | case |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Snitch | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dead | cc |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 dead | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dead | cop |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 me | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Snitch | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Zac | Zac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 fiver | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fiver | det |
| 15 | fiver | fiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | you | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Zac | about the fiver | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 the best-reasoned move?
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 | 7 move | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 move | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| 6 | reasoned | reason | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 move | amod |
| 7 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reasoned move | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | reason | participle | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell everyone at lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 lunch | case |
| 4 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | lunch | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
Option 2
Keep quiet, because of the threat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 threat | punct |
| 4 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 threat | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 because | fixed |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 threat | det |
| 7 | threat | threat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Urge him to put it back, and tell if he won't, especially if someone else may be blamed
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urge | urge | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Urge | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 put | mark |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Urge | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tell | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tell | cc |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Urge | conj |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 wo | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wo | nsubj |
| 12 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 tell | ccomp |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 wo | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 blamed | punct |
| 15 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 21 blamed | advmod |
| 16 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 21 blamed | mark |
| 17 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | else | else | ADV | _ | 17 someone | advmod |
| 19 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 blamed | aux |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 blamed | aux:pass |
| 21 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | urge | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | put back not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | blame a condition, not said to happen | may · passive | someone | especially property | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Take half the fiver to keep quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 4 fiver | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fiver | det |
| 4 | fiver | fiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Take | advcl |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | half fiver | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiver=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | you not said here | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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