Test 1 · What politics is: deciding things together
Your cousin goes, "politics is just old blokes in suits yelling on telly, nothing to do with us lot." What's the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, politics, suits, best reply · What happens: go, be, yell, do · To what, where: old blokes, suits, telly
This is test 1 of lesson 1 «What politics is: deciding things together» of the politics 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: Your cousin goes, "politics is just old blokes in suits yelling on telly, nothing to do with us lot."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 blokes | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 blokes | punct |
| 6 | politics | politics | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 10 blokes | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 blokes | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 blokes | advmod |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 blokes | amod |
| 10 | blokes | bloke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 goes | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 suits | case |
| 12 | suits | suit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 blokes | nmod |
| 13 | yelling | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 suits | acl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 telly | case |
| 15 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 yelling | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 nothing | punct |
| 17 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 blokes | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 do | mark |
| 19 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 nothing | acl |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 lot | case |
| 21 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 lot | compound |
| 22 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 do | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your cousin | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | politics | old blokes | suits | tree rules | |||
| 3 | yell speech: express in a quote | gerund | suits not said here | telly | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | politics not said here | with us lot | vn act-114-1 «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: What's the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's any group deciding things together, from class votes to bus fares
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 group | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 group | cop |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 group | det |
| 4 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | deciding | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 group | acl |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 deciding | obj |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 5 deciding | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 votes | punct |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 votes | case |
| 10 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 votes | compound |
| 11 | votes | vote | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 deciding | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 fares | mark |
| 13 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fares | compound |
| 14 | fares | fare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 votes | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | any group | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | decide | gerund | any group not said here | things | class votes bus fares | together property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
Option 2
Politics is just a TV programme, like the news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Politics | politics | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 6 programme | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 programme | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 programme | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 programme | det |
| 5 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 programme | compound |
| 6 | programme | programme | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 programme | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 news | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 news | det |
| 10 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 programme | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Politics | a TV programme | like the news | tree rules |
Option 3
He's right, but only after you turn eighteen
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 | _ | 9 turn | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 turn | cc |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 turn | advmod |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 turn | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 turn | nsubj |
| 9 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 10 | eighteen | eighteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 turn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | turn | present | you | eighteen | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eighteen=Theme |
Option 4
He's right, politics only happens inside Parliament
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 | _ | 5 politics | punct |
| 5 | politics | politics | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 right | obl |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 happens | advmod |
| 7 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 politics | acl:relcl |
| 8 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 9 Parliament | case |
| 9 | Parliament | Parliament | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 happens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | politics obl; right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | politics not said here | Parliament | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside parliament=Location |
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