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title: «Saying no to donating is so selfish, frfr,» says a teen in Atlanta… — Gifts of life: organ donation and givi… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 6 · ★ · Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood

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«Saying no to donating is so selfish, frfr,» says a teen in Atlanta (frfr = for real, for real). What's the fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teen, fair answer · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** no, donating, selfish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 78 «Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood» 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/78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Saying no to donating is so selfish, frfr,» says a teen in Atlanta (frfr = for real, for real).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t6:1
# text = «Saying no to donating is so selfish, frfr,» says a teen in Atlanta (frfr = for real, for real).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	donating	donating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	selfish	selfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	frfr	frfr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	teen	teen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Atlanta	Atlanta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	frfr	frfr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
20	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	22	punct	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | a teen *not said here* | no | donating |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to donating=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | selfish and frfr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teen |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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's the fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t6:2
# text = What's the fair answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 fair answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It's a personal choice, and people's reasons are respected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t6:o1:1
# text = It's a personal choice, and people's reasons are respected
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a personal choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** | present · passive |  | people's reasons |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She's right; saying no is a crime that people can go to prison for

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t6:o2:1
# text = She's right; saying no is a crime that people can go to prison for
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | no crime |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | can | no crime |  |  | prison |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only selfish people have any reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t6:o3:1
# text = Only selfish people have any reasons
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	selfish	selfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | selfish | any reasons |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She's right; all faiths forbid saying no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t6:o4:1
# text = She's right; all faiths forbid saying no
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	forbid	forbid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **forbid** | present | all faiths |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | all faiths *not said here* | no |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |

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