Test 9 · ★★ · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o…
A TV presenter yells: "This is a DISASTER, the worst government EVER, we're doomed!" Is this news or opinion?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: TV presenter, This · What happens: yell, be, doom · To what, where: DISASTER, we, news · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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: A TV presenter yells: "This is a DISASTER, the worst government EVER, we're doomed!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 presenter | det |
| 2 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 presenter | compound |
| 3 | presenter | presenter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | nsubj |
| 4 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 DISASTER | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 DISASTER | punct |
| 7 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 DISASTER | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 DISASTER | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 DISASTER | det |
| 10 | DISASTER | disaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 government | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 government | det |
| 13 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 government | amod |
| 14 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 DISASTER | appos |
| 15 | EVER | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 government | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 doomed | punct |
| 17 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 doomed | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 doomed | aux:pass |
| 19 | doomed | doom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 yells | parataxis |
| 20 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 19 doomed | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 doomed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | a TV presenter | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | This | a DISASTER | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | doom in a quote | present · passive | we | 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: Is this news or opinion?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 news | cop |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 news | det |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 opinion | cc |
| 5 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 news | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 news | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this news or opinion | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A forecast from the weather office
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 forecast | det |
| 2 | forecast | forecast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 office | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 office | det |
| 5 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 office | compound |
| 6 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forecast | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Opinion: it tells you what he thinks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tells | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 tells | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tells | nsubj |
| 4 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tells | iobj |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 thinks | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 thinks | nsubj |
| 8 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tells | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Opinion | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | he | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
Option 3
A court ruling read out on TV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 court | det |
| 2 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 read | nsubj |
| 3 | ruling | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 read | aux:pass |
| 4 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 read | compound:prt |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 TV | case |
| 7 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read out | gerund · passive | a court | TV | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
News: it tells you what has happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | News | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 tells | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tells | nsubj |
| 4 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 News | acl:relcl |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tells | iobj |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 happened | aux |
| 8 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 tells | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | News | News not said here | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | happen | present · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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