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title: "Greta's a total idiot for skipping school." What is weak about this… — The environment · tree and pragmatics
description: "Greta's a total idiot for skipping school." What is weak about this point? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 47 «The environment» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · The environment

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"Greta's a total idiot for skipping school." What is weak about this point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Greta, total idiot · **What happens:** be, skip · **To what, where:** total idiot, school

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 47 «The environment» 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/47-the-environment/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Greta's a total idiot for skipping school."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t10:1
# text = "Greta's a total idiot for skipping school."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Greta	Greta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	idiot	idiot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Greta | a total idiot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **skip** *in a quote* | gerund | a total idiot *not said here* | school |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=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 weak about this point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t10:2
# text = What is weak about this point?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about this point; weak *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It uses lots of facts about the climate that are simply untrue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t10:o1:1
# text = It uses lots of facts about the climate that are simply untrue
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | It | lots of facts about the climate |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the climate |  |  |  |  | simply, untrue *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It gives far too many reasons on both sides of the argument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t10:o2:1
# text = It gives far too many reasons on both sides of the argument
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | many reasons |  | both sides of the argument |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme on side=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is much too polite and careful about what it says of her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t10:o3:1
# text = It is much too polite and careful about what it says of her
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | it |  |  |  |  | of her *= she* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It attacks the person instead of discussing her reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t10:o4:1
# text = It attacks the person instead of discussing her reasons
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	attacks	attack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	discussing	discuss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present | It | the person |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient |
| 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* | gerund |  | person's reasons |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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