Test 2 · What politics is: deciding things together

Mum's mate goes, "the council's well tight, they shut the pool to keep the library." What does "tight" mean here, and what is going on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, council, they, tight · What happens: go, be, shut, keep, mean, go on · To what, where: pool, library · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: Mum's mate goes, "the council's well tight, they shut the pool to keep the library."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tight	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 tight	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 council	det
8	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tight	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 tight	cop
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 tight	advmod
11	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 goes	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shut	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 shut	nsubj
14	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 goes	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pool	det
16	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shut	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 keep	mark
18	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 shut	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 library	det
20	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 keep	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	Mum's mate			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	the council		tight, well property	tree rules
3	shut in a quote	present	they	the pool		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pool=Patient
4	keep in a quote	to-infinitive	they not said here	the library		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent library=Theme

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 does "tight" mean here, and what is going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 tight	punct
4	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mean	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 tight	punct
6	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 mean	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 mean	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 going	aux
12	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 what	acl:relcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 going	compound:prt
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	tight			here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Very strict, so they ban swimming for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 strict	advmod
2	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ban	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 ban	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ban	nsubj
6	ban	ban	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 strict	parataxis
7	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ban	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 fun	case
9	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 swimming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present	they						vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
2	swim	gerund	they not said here					for fun	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Very rich, so they decided to go and buy a second library as well

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 rich	advmod
2	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 decided	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 decided	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 decided	nsubj
6	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rich	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 decided	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 buy	cc
10	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 library	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 library	amod
13	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 buy	obj
14	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	10 buy	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	decide	past	they		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	buy	infinitive	they not said here	a second library	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent library=Theme

Option 3

Very busy, so they forgot to open the pool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 busy	advmod
2	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 forgot	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 forgot	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 forgot	nsubj
6	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 busy	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 open	mark
8	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 forgot	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pool	det
10	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	they						tree rules
2	not open	to-infinitive	they not said here	the pool					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pool=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Short of money, so choosing one thing meant giving up another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 meant	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 money	case
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Short	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 choosing	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 choosing	advmod
6	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Short	conj
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 thing	nummod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 choosing	obj
9	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 meant	xcomp
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 giving	compound:prt
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 giving	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	choose	gerund	Short not said here	one thing		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	mean	past	Short			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give up not said to happen	gerund	Short not said here		another	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Source

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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