Test 10 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices
Grandad and Dad argue about whom to vote for at the election. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, this · What happens: argue, vote, show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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: Grandad and Dad argue about whom to vote for at the election.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 argue | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Dad | cc |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Grandad | conj |
| 4 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 8 vote | mark |
| 6 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 vote | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 vote | mark |
| 8 | vote | vote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 argue | ccomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 election | case |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 election | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 election | det |
| 12 | election | election | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 vote | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 argue | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present | Grandad and Dad | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | vote | to-infinitive | for the election goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent whom=Theme for election=Goal |
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 this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Voting is a family decision by law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voting | voting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decision | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 decision | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 decision | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decision | compound |
| 5 | decision | decision | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 law | case |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decision | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Voting | a family decision | by law | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Grown-ups are allowed to disagree about voting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 disagree | mark |
| 7 | disagree | disagree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | xcomp |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 voting | case |
| 9 | voting | voting | NOUN | _ | 7 disagree | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | allow | present · passive | Grown ups | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | disagree not said to happen | to-infinitive | Grown ups not said here | about voting | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about voting=Topic |
Option 3
They will both be fined by the council for arguing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fined | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 fined | aux |
| 3 | both | both | ADV | _ | 5 fined | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fined | aux:pass |
| 5 | fined | fine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 council | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 council | det |
| 8 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fined | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 arguing | case |
| 10 | arguing | argue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 fined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fine | future · passive | the council | They | both property | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | |||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | gerund | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Only one of them is allowed to vote
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 them | case |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 one | nmod |
| 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 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 vote | mark |
| 8 | vote | vote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | one of them | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | vote not said to happen | to-infinitive | one of them not said here | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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