Test 7 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?" What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, You, best reply · What happens: say, be, vote · To what, where: mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Ollie's mate says, "You're my mate, so you'll vote for me, yeah?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ollie	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
7	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 mate	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 mate	cop
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mate	nmod:poss
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 vote	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 vote	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 vote	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 vote	aux
15	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 me	case
17	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 vote	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 yeah	punct
19	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	15 vote	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 vote	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 vote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Ollie's mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	You	my mate		tree rules
3	vote in a quote	future	you		for Ollie's mate = mate	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for i=Goal

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 reply?

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 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	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 reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Course, mates always vote for mates, that's the whole point of mates

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vote	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Course	punct
3	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 vote	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 vote	advmod
5	vote	vote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 mates	case
7	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 vote	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 point	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 point	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 point	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 point	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 point	amod
13	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vote	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 mates	case
15	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	present	mates	Course				for mates goal; always property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for mate=Goal
2	is a	present	that	the whole point				of mates	tree rules

Option 2

I'll vote for you, but secretly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 vote	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 vote	aux
3	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 vote	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 but	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	3 vote	cc
8	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	3 vote	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	future	I					for you goal; secretly property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for you=Goal

Option 3

No, I'll give you zero to look fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 give	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 give	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 give	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 give	advcl
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	future	I	zero	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient zero=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive	I not said here					fair property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

I'll step back from judging yours, so it's fair for everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 step	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 step	aux
3	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 step	advmod
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 judging	mark
6	judging	judge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 step	advcl
7	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 judging	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fair	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 fair	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fair	expl
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fair	cop
12	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 step	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 everyone	case
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 fair	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	step back	future	I			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	judge	gerund	I not said here	yours		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent your=Value
3	is	present	I not said here		for everyone; fair property	tree rules

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