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Test 9 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Ella's friend says, "If you tell, you're not my friend." The new kid is being punished. What is best?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: say, tell, not be, punish, be · To what, where: friend, new kid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Ella's friend says, "If you tell, you're not my friend."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ella	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 friend	punct
7	If	if	SCONJ	_	9 tell	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 tell	nsubj
9	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 friend	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 friend	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 friend	cop
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 friend	advmod
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 friend	nmod:poss
15	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 friend	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 friend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ella's friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a in a quote	present	you	my friend					tree rules

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: The new kid is being punished.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kid	amod
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 punished	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 punished	aux:pass
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 punished	aux:pass
6	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 punished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present · passive		the new kid					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Sentence 3: What is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1

Stay quiet to keep the friendship, because friends come first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	xcomp
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 quiet	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 friendship	det
6	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 come	mark
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 come	nsubj
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	the friendship					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme
3	come	present	friends					first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Tell, because the new kid matters as much as her friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matters	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 matters	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matters	nsubj
7	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 matters	advmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 friend	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 friend	nmod:poss
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 much	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	matter	present	the new kid						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Ask the new kid to take the blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kid	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kid	amod
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blame	det
8	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the new kid				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient clause=Topic
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive		the blame					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme

Option 4

Wait until the new kid leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	6 leaves	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 leaves	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leaves	amod
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	compound
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				until the new kid leaves		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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