Test 11 · ★ · From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires a…
Jamal: «English, British, Black and a Villa fan, is that allowed?» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: allow, be · To what, where: Jamal
This is test 11 · ★ 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: Jamal: «English, British, Black and a Villa fan, is that allowed?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamal | Jamal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 English | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 English | punct |
| 4 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jamal | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 British | punct |
| 6 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 English | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Black | punct |
| 8 | Black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 British | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fan | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fan | det |
| 11 | Villa | Villa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 fan | compound |
| 12 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 English | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jamal | punct |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 allowed | aux:pass |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 allowed | mark |
| 16 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 allowed | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 allowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow in a quote | present · passive | Jamal | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only footballers are allowed to be several things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 footballers | advmod |
| 2 | footballers | footballer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 things | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 things | cop |
| 7 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 things | amod |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | footballers | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen | to-infinitive | footballers not said here | several things | tree rules |
Option 2
No, you must pick only one, like a football team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 pick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pick | aux |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 one | advmod |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 pick | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 team | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 team | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 team | det |
| 11 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 team | compound |
| 12 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | must | you | one | like a football team | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, most people belong to several groups at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 belong | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 belong | punct |
| 3 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 belong | nsubj |
| 5 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 groups | case |
| 7 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 groups | amod |
| 8 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 belong | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 belong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | most people | to several groups | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Only if you live in London, not in Birmingham
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 live | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 live | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 London | case |
| 6 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Birmingham | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 Birmingham | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Birmingham | case |
| 10 | Birmingham | Birmingham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | you | London | in Birmingham | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in london=Location |
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