Test 1 · ★ · Votes, parties and the people in charge
Your brother says «The Prime Minister makes all the laws on his own.» Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Prime Minister, you · What happens: say, make, put · To what, where: laws, own, Minister · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 31 «Votes, parties and the people in charge» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Your brother says «The Prime Minister makes all the laws on his own.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Minister | det |
| 6 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 7 Minister | compound |
| 7 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 makes | nsubj |
| 8 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 laws | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 laws | det |
| 11 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 makes | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 own | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 own | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 laws | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | the Prime Minister | all laws | Minister's own | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |
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.
Sentence 2: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Minister | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The King makes laws and MPs just watch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 MPs | cc |
| 6 | MPs | mp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 laws | conj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 watch | advmod |
| 8 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 makes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the King | laws and MPs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product | ||||
| 2 | watch | present | the King not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The police make laws and judges sign them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 police | det |
| 2 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sign | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 judges | cc |
| 6 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 laws | conj |
| 7 | sign | sign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | xcomp |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sign | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the police | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sign | present | laws and judges | police | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
MPs debate and vote on laws in Parliament
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MPs | mp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 debate | nsubj |
| 2 | debate | debate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 vote | cc |
| 4 | vote | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 debate | conj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 laws | case |
| 6 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 vote | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Parliament | case |
| 8 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 laws | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | debate | present | MPs | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | vote | present | MPs not said here | laws in Parliament | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, the Prime Minister writes every law alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 writes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Minister | det |
| 4 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 5 Minister | compound |
| 5 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 writes | nsubj |
| 6 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 law | det |
| 8 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 writes | obj |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 writes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | the Prime Minister | every law | alone property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme |
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