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Test 8 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Mum keeps asking about her birthday, and your sister says, "Lying to Mum is always wrong, so tell her!" What is a reasoned answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, sister, Lying · What happens: keep, ask, say, lie, be, tell · To what, where: Mum, reasoned answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Mum keeps asking about her birthday, and your sister says, "Lying to Mum is always wrong, so tell her!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 birthday	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 birthday	nmod:poss
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 says	cc
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sister	nmod:poss
10	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 keeps	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wrong	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 wrong	punct
14	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 wrong	csubj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Mum	case
16	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Lying	obl
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 wrong	cop
18	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	19 wrong	advmod
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 says	ccomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 tell	punct
21	so	so	ADV	_	22 tell	advmod
22	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 keeps	parataxis
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 tell	iobj
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	22 tell	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Mum						tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	Mum not said here					about Mum's birthday	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about birthday=Topic
3	say speech: express	present	your sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	lie in a quote	gerund						to Mum	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	present	Lying					always, wrong property	tree rules
6	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			Mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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 answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1

She's right, ruin the surprise now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	_	5 ruin	punct
5	ruin	ruin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 surprise	det
7	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ruin	obj
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 ruin	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	ruin	infinitive	She not said here	the surprise			now		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Patient

Option 2

Lie loudly so Mum stops asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Lie	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	5 stops	mark
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Lie	advcl
6	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stops	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	imperative	you not said here					loudly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	present	Mum						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	Mum not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Tell Mum to stop asking questions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	you not said here	questions					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It depends: a dodge keeps the surprise without a lie, and many think a surprise fib is harmless

The tree, 18 words

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	2 depends	nsubj
2	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 keeps	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dodge	det
5	dodge	dodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 depends	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 surprise	det
8	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obj
9	without	without	ADP	_	11 lie	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lie	det
11	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 think	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 think	cc
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 think	nsubj
15	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 depends	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 fib	det
17	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fib	compound
18	fib	fib	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 harmless	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 harmless	cop
20	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	It						vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	keep	present	a dodge	the surprise				without a lie	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surprise=Theme
3	think speech: other	present	many						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	a surprise fib					harmless property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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