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title: A boy at football yells, "Oi, Sam's always picked last cos he's rubb… — Sharing and fairness · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy at football yells, "Oi, Sam's always picked last cos he's rubbish, deal with it." What is the best-reasoned reply? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Sharing and fairness

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A boy at football yells, "Oi, Sam's always picked last cos he's rubbish, deal with it." What is the best-reasoned reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, boy, reasoned reply · **What happens:** pick, deal, be, reason · **To what, where:** Sam

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» 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/43-sharing-and-fairness/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy at football yells, "Oi, Sam's always picked last cos he's rubbish, deal with it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:t3:1
# text = A boy at football yells, "Oi, Sam's always picked last cos he's rubbish, deal with it."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	yells	yell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Oi	Oi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
14	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
20	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** *in a quote* | participle · passive | Oi *not said here* | Sam |  |  |  | cos rubbish; always, last *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **deal** *in a quote* | infinitive | a boy at football yells  Oi |  |  |  |  | with rubbish | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=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 is the best-reasoned reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:t3:2
# text = What is the best-reasoned reply?
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	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	reasoned	reason	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	reply	reply	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 reasoned reply |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Say nothing, because picking teams has nothing to do with fairness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:t3:o1:1
# text = Say nothing, because picking teams has nothing to do with fairness
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
6	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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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* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **pick** | gerund |  | teams |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | present | picking | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | picking *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  | with fairness | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Being picked last hurts; drawing names is fairer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:t3:o2:1
# text = Being picked last hurts; drawing names is fairer
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	csubj	_	_
3	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hurts	hurt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | gerund · passive |  | last hurts |  |  |  | drawing names *obl* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: hurt=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's right, rubbish players should always be picked last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:t3:o3:1
# text = He's right, rubbish players should always be picked last
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick** | should · passive |  | rubbish players |  |  |  | always, last *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell him he's an idiot and kick the ball at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:t3:o4:1
# text = Tell him he's an idiot and kick the ball at him
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	idiot	idiot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | a idiot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **kick** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Patient at he=Location |

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