Test 2 · ★ · Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers
Your sister says everyone in Athens could vote. Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, everyone · What happens: say, vote, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 12 «Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers» of the history 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 sister says everyone in Athens could vote.
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 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 vote | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Athens | case |
| 6 | Athens | Athens | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 everyone | nmod |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 vote | aux |
| 8 | vote | vote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | vote | could | everyone | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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: Is she right?
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 right | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sister | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, only the king voted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 voted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 king | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 voted | nsubj |
| 6 | voted | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote | past | the king | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, women, slaves and foreigners could not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 could | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 could | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 slaves | punct |
| 5 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 women | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 foreigners | cc |
| 7 | foreigners | foreigner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 women | conj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 could | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, every single person living in the city
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 person | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 person | det |
| 4 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 person | amod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 person | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 city | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 city | det |
| 9 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 living | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | every single person not said here | the city | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location |
Option 4
Yes, even children voted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 voted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 children | advmod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 voted | nsubj |
| 5 | voted | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote | past | children | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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