Test 2 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

Finn's dad says Magna Carta gave everyone all their rights. Kinda, but not really. Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Magna · What happens: say, give · To what, where: rights, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies» 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: Finn's dad says Magna Carta gave everyone all their rights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dad	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Finn	case
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Magna	Magna	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gave	nsubj
6	Carta	Carta	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Magna	flat
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 gave	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 rights	det:predet
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 rights	nmod:poss
11	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gave	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Finn's dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	past	Magna	their rights	everyone				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient right=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.

Sentence 2: Kinda, but not really.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	_	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 really	cc
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 really	advmod
5	really	really	ADV	_	1 Kinda	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Kinda	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

At first it gave rights only to children, and adults came later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 first	case
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 gave	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gave	obj
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 children	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rights	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 came	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 came	cc
11	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	conj
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	it	rights	children				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent right=Theme at first=Asset to child=Recipient
2	come	past	adults					late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

At first it protected barons and the Church; its meaning grew later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 first	case
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 protected	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 protected	nsubj
4	protected	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	barons	baron	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 protected	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Church	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Church	det
8	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 barons	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 grew	punct
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 meaning	nmod:poss
11	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grew	nsubj
12	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 protected	conj
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	protect	past	it	barons and the Church		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baron=Beneficiary
2	grow	past	Church's meaning		late property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean		Church			nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It was only written in about 2000, so it's too new to count

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 written	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 written	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 written	advmod
4	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 2000	case
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 2000	advmod
7	2000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 written	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 new	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 new	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 new	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 new	cop
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 new	advmod
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 written	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 count	mark
15	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 new	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	past · passive		It	2000		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 2000=Destination
2	is	present	it			new property	tree rules
3	count	to-infinitive					vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It actually took all rights away from everyone except the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 took	nsubj
2	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 took	advmod
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rights	det
5	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 took	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 took	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 took	obl
9	except	except	ADP	_	11 king	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 everyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take away	past	It	all rights		everyone		actually, away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent right=Theme from everyone=Initial_Location

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