Test 6 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Brody says, "Everyone's in on it, so it's not a lie if we all say it." What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Brody, Everyone, it, we · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: it, lie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Brody says, "Everyone's in on it, so it's not a lie if we all say it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brody	Brody	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 it	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 it	punct
5	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 it	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 it	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 it	case
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lie	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 lie	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 lie	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lie	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 lie	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lie	det
16	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 say	mark
18	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 say	nsubj
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 say	advmod
20	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lie	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 say	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 lie	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 lie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Brody			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Everyone		it	tree rules
3	not is a in a quote	present	it	a lie		tree rules
4	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	we	lie		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=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 wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

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

The options

Option 1

The head always knows the truth anyway, so it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 head	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 knows	advmod
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	obj
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 knows	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fine	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 fine	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fine	expl
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	the head	the truth				always, anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus
2	is	present	the head not said here					fine property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A lie stays a lie even if a crowd says it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lie	det
2	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	nsubj
3	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lie	det
5	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stays	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	10 says	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 says	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crowd	det
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stays	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	a lie	a lie					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme lie=Location
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	a crowd	lie					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It's only a lie if one person says it on their own

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 lie	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 lie	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lie	det
5	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 says	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 person	nummod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 says	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 says	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a lie					tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	one person	lie		their own			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

Nothing; group lies don't count as real lies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 count	punct
3	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lies	compound
4	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 count	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 count	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 count	advmod
7	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	parataxis
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 lies	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lies	amod
10	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not count	present · do-support	group lies					as real lies	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as lie=Attribute

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