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title: "mate dared me to climb the garage roof, I'd look like a chicken if… — Virtues: courage, responsibility, righ… · tree and pragmatics
description: "mate dared me to climb the garage roof, I'd look like a chicken if I don't." What is the best-reasoned choice? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties

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"mate dared me to climb the garage roof, I'd look like a chicken if I don't." What is the best-reasoned choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, I, best reasoned choice · **What happens:** dare, climb, look, not do, be, reason · **To what, where:** me, garage roof

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» 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/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "mate dared me to climb the garage roof, I'd look like a chicken if I don't."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t1:1
# text = "mate dared me to climb the garage roof, I'd look like a chicken if I don't."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dared	dare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	garage	garage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dare** *in a quote* | past | mate | me |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **climb** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | mate *not said here* | the garage roof |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location roof=Theme |
| 3 | **look** *in a quote* | would | I |  |  |  |  | like a chicken | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the best-reasoned choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t1:2
# text = What is the best-reasoned choice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best reasoned choice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reason** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Do it, but only if nobody is filming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t1:o1:1
# text = Do it, but only if nobody is filming
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	filming	film	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **film** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say no, and tell everyone he's a loser

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t1:o2:1
# text = Say no, and tell everyone he's a loser
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	iobj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	loser	loser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | he | a loser |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Say no; real courage is not taking stupid risks to look cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t1:o3:1
# text = Say no; real courage is not taking stupid risks to look cool
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
9	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	risks	risk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **take** | present · progressive | real courage | stupid risks |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent risk=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | real courage *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Do it, because looking brave matters most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t1:o4:1
# text = Do it, because looking brave matters most
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **matter** | present | looking |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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