Test 3 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies
Freyja: «we had a parliament in 930, pretty boss eh?» Is democracy one invention from one place?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Freyja · What happens: have, be · To what, where: parliament, 930, democracy
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Freyja: «we had a parliament in 930, pretty boss eh?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freyja | freyja | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Freyja | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 parliament | det |
| 7 | parliament | parliament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 930 | case |
| 9 | 930 | 930 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 had | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 eh | punct |
| 11 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 eh | amod |
| 12 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 eh | compound |
| 13 | eh | eh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 eh | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 eh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | Freyja | a parliament | 930 | 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 democracy one invention from one place?
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 | 2 democracy | cop |
| 2 | democracy | democracy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invention | csubj |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 invention | nummod |
| 4 | invention | invention | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 place | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 place | nummod |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 invention | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 invention | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | democracy | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, many peoples had councils and assemblies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 peoples | amod |
| 4 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | councils | council | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 had | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 assemblies | cc |
| 8 | assemblies | assembly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 councils | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | many peoples | councils and assemblies | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, it came from ancient Rome alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Rome | case |
| 6 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Rome | amod |
| 7 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | it | ancient Rome | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from rome=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Yes, only Iceland invented it and all others copied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 invented | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 Iceland | advmod |
| 4 | Iceland | Iceland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 invented | nsubj |
| 5 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 invented | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 others | cc |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 others | det |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 invented | conj |
| 10 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 others | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | Iceland | it | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | ||||
| 2 | copy | participle | all others not said here | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
No, it was only invented in 1990
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 invented | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 invented | aux:pass |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 invented | advmod |
| 6 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1990 | case |
| 8 | 1990 | 1990 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | it | 1990 | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
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