Test 3 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness Dad's mate: «Taxes are too high, mate.» Mum's friend: «Too low, the hospitals need more.» Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Taxes, hospitals · What happens: be, need · To what, where: mate, more
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Dad's mate: «Taxes are too high, mate.»
nmod:poss case punct punct nsubj cop advmod acl:relcl punct vocative punct punct root Dad NOUN 's PART mate NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Taxes NOUN are AUX too ADV high ADJ , PUNCT mate NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Dad case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 9 high punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 9 high punct 6 Taxes tax NOUN Number=Plur 9 high nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 high cop 8 too too ADV _ 9 high advmod 9 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mate acl:relcl 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 mate punct 11 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 9 high vocative 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 mate punct 13 » » PUNCT _ 3 mate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Taxes Dad's mate not said here mate vocative ; high 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: Mum's friend: «Too low, the hospitals need more.»
nmod:poss case punct punct advmod acl:relcl punct det nsubj conj obj punct punct root Mum NOUN 's PART friend NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Too ADV low ADJ , PUNCT the DET hospitals NOUN need VERB more ADJ . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mum case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 7 low punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 low punct 6 Too too ADV _ 7 low advmod 7 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friend acl:relcl 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 need punct 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 hospitals det 10 hospitals hospital NOUN Number=Plur 11 need nsubj 11 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 low conj 12 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 need obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 friend punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 3 friend punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need in a quote present the hospitals more vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme
Sentence 3: Which is true?
nsubj cop punct root Which PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 Only the lower view is allowed by law
advmod det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl root Only ADV the DET lower ADJ view NOUN is AUX allowed VERB by ADP law NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 6 allowed advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 view det 3 lower low ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 view amod 4 view view NOUN Number=Sing 6 allowed nsubj:pass 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 allowed aux:pass 6 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 by by ADP _ 8 law case 8 law law NOUN Number=Sing 6 allowed obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 allow present · passive law the lower view vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
Option 2 One of them must be a bad person
nsubj case nmod aux cop det amod root One NUM of ADP them PRON must AUX be AUX a DET bad ADJ person NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 person nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 3 them case 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 One nmod 4 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 person aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 person cop 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 root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a must One of them a bad person tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Both are reasonable views, honestly held
nsubj cop amod punct advmod acl:relcl root Both DET are AUX reasonable ADJ views NOUN , PUNCT honestly ADV held VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 4 views nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 views cop 3 reasonable reasonable ADJ Degree=Pos 4 views amod 4 views view NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 held punct 6 honestly honestly ADV _ 7 held advmod 7 held hold VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 views acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Both reasonable views tree rules 2 hold participle reasonable views not said here honestly property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Taxes have nothing to do with hospitals
nsubj obj mark acl case obl root Taxes NOUN have VERB nothing PRON to PART do VERB with ADP hospitals NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Taxes tax NOUN Number=Plur 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 have obj 4 to to PART _ 5 do mark 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 nothing acl 6 with with ADP _ 7 hospitals case 7 hospitals hospital NOUN Number=Plur 5 do obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Taxes nothing vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient 2 do to-infinitive Taxes not said here nothing not said here with hospitals vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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