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Test 7 · What politics is: deciding things together

Your nan's mate goes, "back in my day we didn't need politics, folk just got on with it." What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, we, politics, best answer · What happens: go, not need, get on, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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 nan's mate goes, "back in my day we didn't need politics, folk just got on with it."

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 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 nan	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 back	punct
8	back	back	ADV	_	5 goes	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 day	nmod:poss
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 need	obl
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 need	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 need	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 need	advmod
15	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 goes	parataxis
16	politics	politics	NOUN	Number=Ptan	20 got	nsubj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 folk	punct
18	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 politics	conj
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 got	advmod
20	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 need	parataxis
21	on	on	ADV	_	20 got	advmod
22	with	with	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 got	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 need	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Your nan's mate						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not need in a quote	past · do-support	we				day		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	get on in a quote	past	politics and folk					with mate	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 best 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	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	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 answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

She is right, politics was invented after she grew up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	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	_	7 invented	punct
5	politics	politics	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 invented	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 invented	aux:pass
7	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	parataxis
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 grew	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 grew	nsubj
10	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 invented	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 grew	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	invent	past · passive		politics					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
3	grow up	past	she						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Folk still had to decide things together, so politics was there all along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 had	advmod
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 decide	mark
5	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 decide	obj
7	together	together	ADV	_	5 decide	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 there	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 there	advmod
10	politics	politics	NOUN	Number=Ptan	12 there	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 there	cop
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 had	parataxis
13	all	all	ADV	_	14 along	advmod
14	along	along	ADV	_	12 there	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Folk				still		tree rules
2	decide	to-infinitive	Folk not said here	things				together property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
3	is	past	politics					along, there property	tree rules

Option 3

Politics only began when the internet was invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Politics	politics	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 began	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 began	advmod
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 invented	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 internet	det
6	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 invented	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 invented	aux:pass
8	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 began	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	Politics						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	invent	past · passive		the internet					vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4

She is right, but only for people in big cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	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	_	8 people	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 people	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 people	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cities	case
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cities	amod
11	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 people	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					for people in big cities; right property	tree rules

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