Test 6 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies
Sophie asks how many countries are democracies. Why does her teacher say it depends who you ask?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, many countries, it · What happens: ask, be, do, say, depend · To what, where: democracies, teacher · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Sophie asks how many countries are democracies.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 many | advmod |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 countries | amod |
| 5 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 democracies | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 democracies | cop |
| 7 | democracies | democracy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Sophie | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | many countries | democracies | 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: Why does her teacher say it depends who you ask?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 does | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | advcl |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 depends | nsubj |
| 7 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | ccomp |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 ask | nsubj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 ask | nsubj |
| 10 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 depends | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Sophie's teacher | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | depend | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | present | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Democracy is a secret kept by the UN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democracy | democracy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 secret | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 secret | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 secret | det |
| 4 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 secret | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 UN | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 UN | det |
| 8 | UN | UN | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Democracy | a secret | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | participle | a secret not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nobody has ever tried to count them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tried | aux |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 tried | advmod |
| 4 | tried | try | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 count | mark |
| 6 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tried | xcomp |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 count | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present · perfect | Nobody | ever | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | count not said to happen | to-infinitive | Nobody not said here | them = they | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3
The number changes every single hour of the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 number | det |
| 2 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | nsubj |
| 3 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 hour | det |
| 5 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hour | amod |
| 6 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | the number | hour | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Experts measure democracy differently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experts | expert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 measure | nsubj |
| 2 | measure | measure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | democracy | democracy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 measure | obj |
| 4 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 2 measure | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | present | Experts | democracy | differently property | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme democracy=Value |
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