Test 2 · Votes for women
Two groups wanted the same thing: one marched peacefully, one broke windows. Which was which?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two groups, one · What happens: want, march, break, be · To what, where: same thing, windows
This is test 2 of lesson 32 «Votes for women» 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: Two groups wanted the same thing: one marched peacefully, one broke windows.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 groups | nummod |
| 2 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 one | punct |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 thing | appos |
| 9 | marched | march | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 one | acl |
| 10 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 9 marched | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 broke | punct |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 broke | nsubj |
| 13 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wanted | conj |
| 14 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 broke | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Two groups | the same thing | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | ||||
| 2 | march | participle | peacefully property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | break | past | one | windows | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient |
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: Which was which?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 which | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 which | cop |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 which | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Neither did anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | anything | neither property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 2
Both only wrote letters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 3 wrote | cc:preconj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 wrote | advmod |
| 3 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wrote | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | letters | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Suffragists marched peacefully; suffragettes used bolder deeds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffragists | suffragist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 marched | nsubj |
| 2 | marched | march | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 2 marched | advmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 used | punct |
| 5 | suffragettes | suffragette | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 used | nsubj |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 marched | conj |
| 7 | bolder | bold | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 deeds | amod |
| 8 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 used | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | march | past | Suffragists | peacefully property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | past | suffragettes | bolder deeds | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Suffragettes marched peacefully; suffragists broke windows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffragettes | suffragette | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 marched | nsubj |
| 2 | marched | march | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | peacefully | peacefully | ADV | _ | 2 marched | advmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 broke | punct |
| 5 | suffragists | suffragist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 broke | nsubj |
| 6 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 marched | conj |
| 7 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 broke | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | march | past | Suffragettes | peacefully property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | break | past | suffragists | windows | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient |
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