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title: Judge's follow-up: "Is it ever right to stay silent when a friend is… — Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness · tree and pragmatics
description: Judge's follow-up: "Is it ever right to stay silent when a friend is bullied?" Test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 10 · ★ · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness

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Judge's follow-up: "Is it ever right to stay silent when a friend is bullied?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** up · **What happens:** be, bully · **To what, where:** friend

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t10:1
# text = Judge's follow-up: "Is it ever right to stay silent when a friend is bullied?"
1	Judge	Judge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	follow	follow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	bullied	bully	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | up |  |  |  |  | right, silent, stay *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bully** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, because it isn't your fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, because it isn't your fight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | it | your fight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, because the friend might be the bully later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, because the friend might be the bully later
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | might | the friend | the bully |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No; staying silent can let it go on, so tell an adult and support them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t10:o3:1
# text = No; staying silent can let it go on, so tell an adult and support them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	support	support	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | can | staying | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go on** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 5 | **support** | infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, because you should hit the bully back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t10:o4:1
# text = No, because you should hit the bully back
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bully	bully	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit back** | should | you | the bully |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bully=Co-Theme |

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