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Test 1 · ★ · Debating and discussion

Josh says, "The loudest side wins, innit." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, loudest side, you · What happens: say, win, innit, put · To what, where: side · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English 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: Josh says, "The loudest side wins, innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wins	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 wins	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wins	nsubj
8	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 wins	discourse
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Josh						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win in a quote	present	the loudest side						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	innit in a quote	infinitive							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 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		side			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody wins debates, so it does not matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 wins	nsubj
2	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	debates	debate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wins	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 matter	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 matter	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 matter	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 matter	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 matter	advmod
9	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wins	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	Nobody	debates					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debate=Eventuality
2	not matter	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

The judge always picks the loudest side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picks	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 picks	advmod
4	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present	the judge	the loudest side				always property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Reasons and evidence persuade, not volume

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 persuade	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 evidence	cc
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reasons	conj
4	persuade	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 volume	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 volume	advmod
7	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 persuade	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	persuade	present	Reasons and evidence	volume					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Volume counts, but only in the final round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counts	nsubj
2	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 round	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 round	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	9 round	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 round	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 round	det
8	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 round	amod
9	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 counts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	Volume			the final round			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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