Test 4 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others
Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.» Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Protests, he · What happens: be · To what, where: riots
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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: Kid on the bus: «Protests are always riots, innit.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 bus | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bus | det |
| 4 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 riots | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 riots | punct |
| 7 | Protests | protest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 riots | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 riots | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 riots | advmod |
| 10 | riots | riot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Kid | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 riots | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Protests | riots and innit | always property | 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: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, protests are only on TV shows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 shows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | protests | protest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shows | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 shows | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 shows | case |
| 7 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shows | compound |
| 8 | shows | show | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | protests | TV shows | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, protests are always illegal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 illegal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | protests | protest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 illegal | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 illegal | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 illegal | advmod |
| 6 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | protests | always, illegal property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, every protest turns into a riot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 turns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 protest | det |
| 4 | protest | protest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turns | nsubj |
| 5 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 riot | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 riot | det |
| 8 | riot | riot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | every protest | a riot | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into riot=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, most protests are calm and peaceful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 calm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 calm | punct |
| 3 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 protests | amod |
| 4 | protests | protest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 calm | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 calm | cop |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 peaceful | cc |
| 8 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 calm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | most protests | calm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | most protests not said here | tree rules |
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