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title: A judge asks: "Is it fair for poor countries to pay as much as rich… — The environment · tree and pragmatics
description: A judge asks: "Is it fair for poor countries to pay as much as rich ones for climate damage?" Which answer is best? Test 7 · ★ 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 cho
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# Test 7 · ★ · The environment

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A judge asks: "Is it fair for poor countries to pay as much as rich ones for climate damage?" Which answer is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge, poor countries, answer · **What happens:** ask, be, pay · **To what, where:** much · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A judge asks: "Is it fair for poor countries to pay as much as rich ones for climate damage?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t7:1
# text = A judge asks: "Is it fair for poor countries to pay as much as rich ones for climate damage?"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	expl	_	_
8	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	csubj	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obj	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | poor countries | much |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Asset |

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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:* Which answer is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t7:2
# text = Which answer is best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which answer |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Who cares, it's all about money anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t7:o1:1
# text = Who cares, it's all about money anyway
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | about money; all, anyway *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, everyone must always pay exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, everyone must always pay exactly the same
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | must | everyone | the same |  |  |  | always *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Asset |

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

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Many say no, as rich countries caused more of it and can afford more, though it is disputed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t7:o3:1
# text = Many say no, as rich countries caused more of it and can afford more, though it is disputed
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	afford	afford	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Many |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
| 2 | **cause** | past | rich countries | more of it |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition more=Patient |
| 3 | **afford** | can | rich countries *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **dispute** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, poor countries should never do anything at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:47-the-environment:t7:o4:1
# text = No, poor countries should never do anything at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | should | poor countries | anything |  | all |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

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