Test 10 · ★★ · Politicians and promises, as the news reports them The pool wasn't built. Liam's mate: «she LIED, end of». Which is fairer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: not build, lie, be · To what, where: pool, end
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 442 «Politicians and promises, as the news reports them» of the everyday 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: The pool wasn't built.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod punct root The DET pool NOUN was AUX n't PART built VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pool det 2 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 5 built nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 built aux:pass 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 built advmod 5 built build VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 built punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not build past · passive the pool vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
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: Liam's mate: «she LIED, end of».
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj punct obj case punct punct root Liam PROPN 's PART mate NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT she PRON LIED VERB , PUNCT end NOUN of ADP » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Liam Liam PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Liam case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 7 LIED nsubj 4 : : PUNCT _ 3 mate punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 LIED punct 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 LIED nsubj 7 LIED lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 end punct 9 end end NOUN Number=Sing 7 LIED obj 10 of of ADP _ 9 end case 11 » » PUNCT _ 7 LIED punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 LIED punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lie in a quote past Liam's mate end vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location end=Theme
Sentence 3: Which is fairer?
nsubj cop punct root Which PRON is AUX fairer ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 3 fairer nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fairer cop 3 fairer fair ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fairer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 It doesn't matter what she promised
nsubj aux advmod obj nsubj acl:relcl root It PRON does AUX n't PART matter VERB what PRON she PRON promised VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 matter nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 matter aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 matter advmod 4 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 what what PRON PronType=Int 4 matter obj 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 promised nsubj 7 promised promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 what acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not matter present · do-support It tree rules 2 promise speech: promise past she vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 No, politicians can't break promises
discourse punct nsubj aux advmod obj root No INTJ , PUNCT politicians NOUN ca AUX n't PART break VERB promises NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 break discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 politicians politician NOUN Number=Plur 6 break nsubj 4 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 break aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 break advmod 6 break break VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 promises promise NOUN Number=Plur 6 break obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not break can politicians promises vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Maybe — or maybe the plan was blocked; check
advmod punct cc advmod det nsubj:pass aux:pass punct conj root Maybe ADV — PUNCT or CCONJ maybe ADV the DET plan NOUN was AUX blocked VERB ; PUNCT check VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Maybe maybe ADV _ 8 blocked advmod 2 — - PUNCT _ 8 blocked punct 3 or or CCONJ _ 8 blocked cc 4 maybe maybe ADV _ 8 blocked advmod 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 plan det 6 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 8 blocked nsubj:pass 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 blocked aux:pass 8 blocked block VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 check punct 10 check check VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 blocked conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 block past · passive the plan maybe property vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 check infinitive vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Yes, every broken promise is a lie
discourse punct det amod nsubj cop det root Yes INTJ , PUNCT every DET broken VERB promise NOUN is AUX a DET lie NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 lie discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 promise det 4 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 promise amod 5 promise promise NOUN Number=Sing 8 lie nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 lie cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 lie det 8 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break participle vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 is a present every broken promise a lie tree rules
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