--- title: What would happen if witnesses in court didn't have to tell the truth? — Vows, oaths and promises in faith · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if witnesses in court didn't have to tell the truth? Test 11 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Vows, oaths and promises in faith](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/) / t11 # Test 11 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith What would happen if witnesses in court didn't have to tell the truth? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** witnesses · **What happens:** happen, not have, tell · **To what, where:** truth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t11:1 # text = What would happen if witnesses in court didn't have to tell the truth? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 witnesses witness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | witnesses in court | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | witnesses in court *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Only the lawyers would be affected ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t11:o1:1 # text = Only the lawyers would be affected 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lawyers lawyer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 affected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affect** | would · passive | | the lawyers | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Trials would be quicker and fairer ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t11:o2:1 # text = Trials would be quicker and fairer 1 Trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 quicker quick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Trials | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Trials *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing; judges always know the truth anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t11:o3:1 # text = Nothing; judges always know the truth anyway 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | judges | the truth | | | | always, anyway *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Innocent people could be punished and guilty people set free ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t11:o4:1 # text = Innocent people could be punished and guilty people set free 1 Innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | could · passive | | Innocent people | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **set** | past | guilty people | | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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