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title: A judge asks: "Should you help your own brother first or a stranger… — Rights, duties and community dilemmas · tree and pragmatics
description: A judge asks: "Should you help your own brother first or a stranger in greater need?" Which answer is best? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

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A judge asks: "Should you help your own brother first or a stranger in greater need?" Which answer is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge, you, answer · **What happens:** ask, help, be · **To what, where:** own brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» 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/49-rights-duties-and-community/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A judge asks: "Should you help your own brother first or a stranger in greater need?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t5:1
# text = A judge asks: "Should you help your own brother first or a stranger in greater need?"
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	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	amod	_	_
18	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	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 how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **help** *in a quote* | should | you |  | your own brother |  |  | first *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Beneficiary |

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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:49-rights-duties-and-community:t5:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Always my brother first, because strangers don't matter to me at all, ever

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t5:o1:1
# text = Always my brother first, because strangers don't matter to me at all, ever
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | strangers |  | me | all | ever | always *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to i=Experiencer |

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

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Both duties matter; it depends how great the need is, so I'd weigh them

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t5:o2:1
# text = Both duties matter; it depends how great the need is, so I'd weigh them
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	weigh	weigh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | both duties |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **depend** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **weigh** | would | I | duties *= duty* |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme they=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Always the stranger, because family duties don't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t5:o3:1
# text = Always the stranger, because family duties don't count
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | family duties |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Neither, because helping is not my job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t5:o4:1
# text = Neither, because helping is not my job
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	helping	help	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | helping | my job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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