Test 4 · ★ · Votes, parties and the people in charge
Gossip at the school gate: «She's voting for the greens, can you believe it? Lovely woman otherwise.» What is the kind way to think about this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: She, you, kind way · What happens: vote, believe, be, think · To what, where: gate
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Gossip at the school gate: «She's voting for the greens, can you believe it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 believe | parataxis |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 gate | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gate | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gate | compound |
| 5 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gossip | nmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 voting | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 voting | punct |
| 8 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 voting | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 voting | aux |
| 10 | voting | vote | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Gossip | conj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 greens | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 greens | det |
| 13 | greens | green | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 voting | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gossip | punct |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 believe | aux |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 believe | nsubj |
| 17 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 believe | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote in a quote | present · progressive | She | for the greens goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for green=Goal | ||||
| 2 | believe in a quote | can | you | gate | tree rules |
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: Lovely woman otherwise.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 woman | amod |
| 2 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 2 woman | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 woman | punct |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 woman | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is the kind way to think about this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 think | mark |
| 7 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 this | case |
| 9 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 think | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | the kind way not said here | about this | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about this=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People can pick different parties and still be good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pick | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pick | aux |
| 3 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 parties | amod |
| 5 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pick | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 good | cc |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 good | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 good | cop |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pick | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | can | People | different parties | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | People not said here | still | good property | tree rules |
Option 2
Green is the only colour anyone should vote for
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green | green | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 vote | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 vote | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 anyone | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 anyone | amod |
| 5 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 anyone | compound |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 vote | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 vote | aux |
| 8 | vote | vote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 vote | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should · present | Green | vote property | tree rules |
Option 3
Picking another party makes her a bad person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picking | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 party | det |
| 3 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Picking | obj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 person | amod |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | gerund | another party | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Picking | her = she | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
Option 4
Mums are not allowed to talk about voting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mums | mum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 talk | mark |
| 6 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 voting | case |
| 8 | voting | voting | NOUN | _ | 6 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Mums | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mums not said here | about voting | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about voting=Topic |
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