Test 8 · ★★ · Politicians and promises, as the news reports them
In a cartoon, the bad mayor twirls his moustache so everyone knows he's lying. What is real life more like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bad mayor, everyone, mayor · What happens: twirl, know, lie, be · To what, where: moustache, cartoon, real life · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, the bad mayor twirls his moustache so everyone knows he's lying.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 twirls | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mayor | det |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mayor | amod |
| 7 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 twirls | nsubj |
| 8 | twirls | twirl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 moustache | nmod:poss |
| 10 | moustache | moustache | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 twirls | obj |
| 11 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 13 knows | mark |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 knows | nsubj |
| 13 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 twirls | advcl |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 lying | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 lying | aux |
| 16 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 knows | ccomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 twirls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | twirl | present | the bad mayor | mayor's moustache | a cartoon | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent moustache=Material | |||
| 2 | know | present | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | lie | present · progressive | mayor | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 is real life more like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 life | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 life | amod |
| 4 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 What | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 more | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | real life | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Honest people always smile more than liars do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smile | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 smile | advmod |
| 4 | smile | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 smile | obj |
| 6 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 7 | liars | liar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 more | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | present | Honest people | more | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic | |||
| 2 | do | present | liars | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
You have to check what people said and did
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 check | mark |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | xcomp |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 said | obj |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 did | cc |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | You | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | check | to-infinitive | You not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 4 | do | past | people not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Liars always have moustaches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liars | liar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | moustaches | moustache | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Liars | moustaches | always property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moustache=Patient |
Option 4
Liars always look at the floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liars | liar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 look | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 look | advmod |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 floor | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 floor | det |
| 6 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Liars | at the floor; always property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at floor=Theme |
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