Test 5 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies

Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once. What really happened?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Noah, American Revolution · What happens: think, give, happen · To what, where: vote, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Noah thinks the American Revolution gave everyone the vote at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Revolution	det
4	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Revolution	amod
5	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	ccomp
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 gave	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vote	det
9	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 gave	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Noah						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	give	past	the American Revolution	the vote	everyone				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient vote=Theme at once=Asset

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 really happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Women got the vote first and men had to wait 100 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 vote	det
4	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 got	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 had	cc
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 wait	mark
10	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	xcomp
11	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wait	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Women	the vote		first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus
2	have	past	men				tree rules
3	wait	to-infinitive	men not said here		year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He's right: every man, woman and child could vote from 1776

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 man	punct
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vote	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 woman	punct
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 child	cc
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	conj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 vote	aux
12	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	ccomp
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 1776	case
14	1776	1776	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 vote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	vote	could	every man and woman and child			1776			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Rights came slowly; at first mostly men with property voted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 men	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 men	advmod
7	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	8 men	advmod
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 property	case
10	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 men	nmod
11	voted	vote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 men	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Rights	men with property				slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	vote	participle		men with property not said here					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nothing changed at all, and the king stayed in charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 stayed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Nothing	acl
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 changed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stayed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stayed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stayed	nsubj
9	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 charge	case
11	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	participle				all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	past	Nothing			charge			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in charge=Location

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