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Test 8 · ★★★ · Is there one proper English? The big arguments

A man on a phone-in says "speak properly, like they decide in London!" Who actually decides?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, they · What happens: say, speak, decide · To what, where: London · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Is there one proper English? The big arguments» of the language 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: A man on a phone-in says "speak properly, like they decide in London!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 in	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 in	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 phone	punct
7	in	in	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 speak	punct
10	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
11	properly	properly	ADV	_	10 speak	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 decide	punct
13	like	like	SCONJ	_	15 decide	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 decide	nsubj
15	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 speak	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 London	case
17	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 decide	obl
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 speak	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	a man on a phone in						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	speak speech: other in a quote	infinitive						properly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	decide in a quote	present	they			London			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Who actually decides?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 decides	nsubj
2	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 decides	advmod
3	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 decides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present						actually property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nobody officially; dictionaries follow how people use words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 dictionaries	compound
2	officially	officially	ADV	_	1 Nobody	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Nobody	punct
4	dictionaries	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 follow	nsubj
5	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 use	advmod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	nsubj
8	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 follow	advcl
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	Nobody dictionaries						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	present	people	words					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

Option 2

The King and the Prime Minister together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Minister	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Minister	det
5	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	6 Minister	compound
6	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 King	conj
7	together	together	ADV	_	2 King	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The teachers of one school in Oxford

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teachers	det
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 school	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 school	nummod
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teachers	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Oxford	case
7	Oxford	Oxford	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 school	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A group of judges in London who meet every Friday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 judges	case
4	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 group	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 London	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 judges	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 meet	nsubj
8	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 judges	acl:relcl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 Friday	det
10	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 meet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present	judges in London				friday		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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