Test 4 · ★★ · The United States: a short story

If a president could stay in power for life, what risk would that bring?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: president, risk · What happens: stay, bring · To what, where: power

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: a short story» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 stay	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 president	det
3	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	aux
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 bring	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 power	case
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 life	case
9	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bring	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 bring	obj
12	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bring	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 bring	aux
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 bring	nsubj
15	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay a condition, not said to happen	could	a president			power		for life	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in power=Location
2	bring	would	risk						vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent what=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1

Nothing, a president who stays longer always gets wiser and better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 gets	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 president	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 president	det
4	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	appos
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stays	nsubj
6	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 president	acl:relcl
7	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 stays	advmod
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 gets	advmod
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 gets	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 better	cc
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 wiser	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	a president					long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present	Nothing					always, wise property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He could become like a king, which the founders feared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 king	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 feared	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 feared	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 founders	det
10	founders	founder	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 feared	nsubj
11	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 king	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	could	He					like a king	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	fear	past	the founders	a king					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus

Option 3

Elections would get more exciting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 exciting	advmod
5	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	Elections					exciting property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The courts would get stronger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 courts	det
2	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	the courts					strong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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