Test 10 · ★ · From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires a…
Emma asks if a federation is like a team of teams. Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Emma, federation · What happens: ask, be
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» 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: Emma asks if a federation is like a team of teams.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | Emma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 team | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 federation | det |
| 5 | federation | federation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 team | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 team | cop |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 team | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 team | det |
| 9 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 teams | case |
| 11 | teams | team | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 team | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Emma | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | a federation | like a team; of teams | tree rules |
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 | Emma | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, it is a type of football
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 type | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 type | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 type | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 type | det |
| 6 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 football | case |
| 8 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 type | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a type | of football | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, and every team has its own army and money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 has | cc |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 team | det |
| 5 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 army | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 army | amod |
| 9 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 money | cc |
| 11 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 army | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | every team | team's own army and money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient |
Option 3
No, a federation has no government
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 federation | det |
| 4 | federation | federation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 government | det |
| 7 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a federation | no government | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent government=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, regions run some things and the country runs others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 run | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | regions | region | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 run | nsubj |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 things | det |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 run | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 runs | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 country | det |
| 9 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 runs | nsubj |
| 10 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | conj |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 runs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | regions | some things | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | run | present | the country | others | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme other=Trajectory |
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