Test 1 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness

Your brother says «The council is just the people who empty the bins.» Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, council, people, you · What happens: say, be, empty, put · To what, where: people, bins, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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 council is just the people who empty the bins.»

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	_	10 people	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 council	det
6	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 people	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 people	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	10 people	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 people	det
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	ccomp
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 empty	nsubj
12	empty	empty	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 people	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bins	det
14	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 empty	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your brother		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	the council	the people	tree rules
3	empty in a quote	present	the people	the bins	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bin=Source

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		brother			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the council only empties the bins and does nothing else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 empties	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 council	det
4	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 empties	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 empties	advmod
6	empties	empty	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bins	det
8	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 empties	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 does	cc
10	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 empties	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 does	obj
12	else	else	ADV	_	11 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	empty	present	the council	the bins					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bin=Source
2	do	present	the council not said here	nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It's the local government for roads, parks, bins and more

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	5 government	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 government	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 government	det
4	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 government	amod
5	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 roads	case
7	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 government	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 parks	punct
9	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 roads	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bins	punct
11	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 roads	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 more	cc
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 roads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the local government				for roads and parks and bins	tree rules

Option 3

No, the council is a group of teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 group	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 council	det
4	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 group	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 group	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 teachers	case
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 group	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the council	a group				of teachers	tree rules

Option 4

No, the council runs the whole country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 runs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 council	det
4	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 runs	nsubj
5	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 country	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 country	amod
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 runs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	the council	the whole country					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme country=Trajectory

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