Test 9 · Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time

«why's that red cross everywhere bruv?» asks Ben. What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: red cross, answer · What happens: be

This is test 9 of lesson 68 «Rules, courts, police, taxes and armies through time» 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: «why's that red cross everywhere bruv?» asks Ben.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 asks	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asks	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 asks	cop
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 asks	mark
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cross	amod
6	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 asks	nsubj
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 bruv	advmod
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cross	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
11	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 asks	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	red cross and bruv					ask property	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 the answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 answer	det
4	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's a sign for a chain of shops that sell plasters

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	4 sign	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 chain	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chain	det
7	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 shops	case
9	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chain	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sell	nsubj
11	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shops	acl:relcl
12	plasters	plaster	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sign				for a chain of shops	tree rules
2	sell	present	shops	plasters					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plaster=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It marks help for wounded people that must be protected

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 marks	nsubj
2	marks	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marks	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
5	wounded	wounded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 marks	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 protected	nsubj:pass
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 protected	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 protected	aux:pass
10	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	present	It	help				for wounded people	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent help=Destination
2	protect	must · passive		wounded people					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 3

It means danger, so you should run away from it, bruv

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 run	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 run	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 run	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 run	aux
8	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 run	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 run	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bruv	punct
13	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 run	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	danger					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Topic
2	run away	should	you			danger		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory

Option 4

It's just the logo of a big football club from Switzerland

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 logo	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 logo	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 logo	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 logo	det
5	logo	logo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 club	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 club	det
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 club	amod
9	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 club	compound
10	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 logo	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 Switzerland	case
12	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 club	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the logo				of a big football club from Switzerland	tree rules

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