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# Test 6 · ★★ · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties

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The class rule says: "Only the boys play football at break." What should the class do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** class rule, boys, class · **What happens:** say, play, do · **To what, where:** football, break · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The class rule says: "Only the boys play football at break."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t6:1
# text = The class rule says: "Only the boys play football at break."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
11	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the class rule |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **play** *in a quote* | present | the boys | football |  | break |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

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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 should the class do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t6:2
# text = What should the class do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | the class |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ask the teacher to change it fairly, since it shuts girls out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t6:o1:1
# text = Ask the teacher to change it fairly, since it shuts girls out
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	shuts	shut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **change** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | teacher |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **shut out** | present | teacher | girls |  |  |  | out *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Make a new rule only girls can play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t6:o2:1
# text = Make a new rule only girls can play
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new rule |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product |
| 2 | **play** | can | girls | a new rule *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ignore the rule and start a fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t6:o3:1
# text = Ignore the rule and start a fight
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rule |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **start** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a fight |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Obey it, because rules are rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties:t6:o4:1
# text = Obey it, because rules are rules
1	Obey	obey	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	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | rules | rules |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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