Test 5 · ★★ · When work goes wrong
Your friend says: "Strikes are illegal, they're just being naughty." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Strikes, you · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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 friend says: "Strikes are illegal, they're just being naughty."
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 illegal | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 illegal | punct |
| 6 | Strikes | strike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 illegal | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 illegal | cop |
| 8 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 naughty | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 naughty | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 naughty | aux |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 naughty | advmod |
| 13 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 naughty | cop |
| 14 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 illegal | parataxis |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 illegal | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 illegal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Strikes | illegal property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present · progressive | Strikes = strike | naughty 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: Put her 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 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem 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 | friend | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Only bosses and managers are allowed to strike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 bosses | advmod |
| 2 | bosses | boss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 managers | cc |
| 4 | managers | manager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bosses | conj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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 strike | mark |
| 8 | strike | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | bosses and managers | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | strike not said to happen | to-infinitive | bosses and managers not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In the UK a strike is legal after a vote
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 UK | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 UK | det |
| 3 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 legal | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 strike | det |
| 5 | strike | strike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 legal | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 legal | cop |
| 7 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 vote | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 vote | det |
| 10 | vote | vote | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 legal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a strike | the UK | after a vote | legal property | tree rules |
Option 3
Strikes are only legal in the week before Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strikes | strike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 legal | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 legal | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 legal | advmod |
| 4 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 legal | obl |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 Christmas | case |
| 9 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 legal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Strikes | before Christmas; week | legal property | tree rules |
Option 4
She is right, strikes always break the law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 break | punct |
| 5 | strikes | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 break | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 break | advmod |
| 7 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 law | det |
| 9 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 break | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | She not said here | always, break property | tree rules |
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