Test 4 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies
Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN. What is alike?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, Haudenosaunee council · What happens: ask, be
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Ava asks if the Haudenosaunee council was like the UN.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | 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 | _ | 10 UN | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 council | det |
| 5 | Haudenosaunee | Haudenosaunee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 council | compound |
| 6 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 UN | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 UN | cop |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 UN | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 UN | det |
| 10 | UN | UN | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Ava | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | the Haudenosaunee council | like the UN | 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: What is alike?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 alike | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 alike | cop |
| 3 | alike | alike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 alike | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | alike property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Several nations agreed to keep peace together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 nations | amod |
| 2 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 agreed | nsubj |
| 3 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 keep | mark |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 agreed | xcomp |
| 6 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keep | obj |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 5 keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | Several nations | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | Several nations not said here | peace | together property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |
Option 2
It had 193 members, just like the UN
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 | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 193 | 193 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 members | nummod |
| 4 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 UN | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 UN | advmod |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 UN | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 UN | det |
| 9 | UN | UN | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 had | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | It | 193 members | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Patient |
Option 3
It was run from Paris by the King of France
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 run | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux:pass |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Paris | case |
| 5 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl:agent |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 King | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl:agent |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 France | case |
| 10 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 King | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past · passive | Paris | It | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |
Option 4
It was a sports league for the young men
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 | 5 league | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 league | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 league | det |
| 4 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 league | compound |
| 5 | league | league | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 men | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 men | det |
| 8 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 men | amod |
| 9 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 league | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a sports league | for the young men | tree rules |
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