Test 9 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others
Mum's petition to save the town library gets thousands of signatures. What does a big petition do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: petition, Mum, big petition · What happens: save, get, petition, do · To what, where: town library, thousands
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Mum's petition to save the town library gets thousands of signatures.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 petition | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mum | case |
| 3 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 save | mark |
| 5 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 petition | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 library | det |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 library | compound |
| 8 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 save | obj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 gets | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 signatures | case |
| 12 | signatures | signature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 thousands | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | to-infinitive | Mum's petition not said here | the town library | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent library=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Mum's petition | thousands of signatures | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thousand=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | petition | Mum | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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: What does a big petition do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 petition | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 petition | amod |
| 5 | petition | petition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | a big petition | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
It makes the Prime Minister resign
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Minister | det |
| 4 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 5 Minister | compound |
| 5 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 6 | resign | resign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the Prime Minister | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | resign | present | the Prime Minister not said here | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It is thrown away unread, because nobody has time to read so many names
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thrown | aux:pass |
| 3 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 thrown | advmod |
| 5 | unread | unread | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thrown | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 has | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 has | mark |
| 8 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 has | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thrown | conj |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 has | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 read | mark |
| 12 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 time | acl |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 many | advmod |
| 14 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 names | amod |
| 15 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | present · passive | It | away, unread property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | nobody | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | read | to-infinitive | nobody not said here | many names | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It shows those in charge how many people want the change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 shows | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 charge | case |
| 5 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | obl |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 many | advmod |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 people | amod |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 want | nsubj |
| 9 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 shows | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 change | det |
| 11 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 want | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | It | those | in charge | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Patient in charge=Topic | |||
| 2 | want | present | many people | the change | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot change=Theme |
Option 4
It turns into a new law straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 law | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 law | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 law | amod |
| 6 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 turns | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | It | a new law | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into law=Trajectory |
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