Test 7 · ★★ · Who decides: kings, councils, republics and democracies
Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws. Answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily · What happens: see, ask, make · To what, where: King, telly, laws
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Lily sees the King of the UK on telly and asks if he makes the laws.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 UK | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 UK | det |
| 7 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 King | nmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 telly | case |
| 9 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 asks | cc |
| 11 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sees | conj |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 makes | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 makes | nsubj |
| 14 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 asks | ccomp |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 laws | det |
| 16 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 makes | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Lily | the King of the UK | telly | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | Lily not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | make a condition, not said to happen | present | Lily | the laws | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |
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: Answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Only on Sundays, when Parliament is closed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 Sundays | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 Sundays | case |
| 3 | Sundays | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 closed | punct |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 closed | mark |
| 6 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 closed | aux:pass |
| 8 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Sundays | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | present · passive | Parliament | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, he reigns; the elected Parliament makes laws
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 reigns | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reigns | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reigns | nsubj |
| 4 | reigns | reign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 reigns | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Parliament | det |
| 7 | elected | elect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Parliament | amod |
| 8 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | nsubj |
| 9 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reigns | conj |
| 10 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reign | present | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | elect | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | make | present | the elected Parliament | laws | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product |
Option 3
Yes, he writes every single law by himself at the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 writes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 writes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 writes | nsubj |
| 4 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 law | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 law | amod |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 himself | case |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 writes | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 palace | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 palace | det |
| 12 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | he | every single law | the palace | by himself = he | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, but only the laws about his horses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 laws | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 laws | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 laws | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 laws | det |
| 6 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 horses | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 horses | nmod:poss |
| 9 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 laws | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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