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title: Sister: "If I forgive Tom for breaking my bike, he gets away with it… — Rights, duties and community dilemmas · tree and pragmatics
description: Sister: "If I forgive Tom for breaking my bike, he gets away with it." What is a good answer? Test 7 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's ch
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

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Sister: "If I forgive Tom for breaking my bike, he gets away with it." What is a good answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Sister · **What happens:** forgive, break, get away, be · **To what, where:** Tom, bike, good answer

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sister: "If I forgive Tom for breaking my bike, he gets away with it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t7:1
# text = Sister: "If I forgive Tom for breaking my bike, he gets away with it."
1	Sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	forgive	forgive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | Tom |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Theme |
| 2 | **break** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | my bike |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Patient |
| 3 | **get away** *in a quote* | present | Sister |  |  |  |  | with bike; away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=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 a good answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t7:2
# text = What is a good answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present |  | a good answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Forgiving means he must never have to fix or pay for anything at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t7:o1:1
# text = Forgiving means he must never have to fix or pay for anything at all
1	Forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **have** | must | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fix** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **pay** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | all |  | for anything | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for anything=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Forgiving only works if he is your best friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t7:o2:1
# text = Forgiving only works if he is your best friend
1	Forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | your best friend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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You can forgive him and still ask him to help fix or pay for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t7:o3:1
# text = You can forgive him and still ask him to help fix or pay for it
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | can | You | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | You *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  | still |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **fix** *not said to happen* | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **pay** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Don't forgive him, just break his bike back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:t7:o4:1
# text = Don't forgive him, just break his bike back
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **forgive** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **break back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his bike |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Patient |

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