Test 8 · What politics is: deciding things together

Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grace spoke. Who is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, Grace, Kai · What happens: say, delude, change, speak, vote, be · To what, where: vote · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: Gran says Kai is "delulu" (deluded) for changing his vote after Grace spoke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 delulu	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 delulu	cop
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 delulu	punct
6	delulu	delulu	X	Foreign=Yes	2 says	ccomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 delulu	punct
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 deluded	punct
9	deluded	delude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 delulu	parataxis
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 deluded	punct
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 changing	mark
12	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 deluded	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 vote	nmod:poss
14	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 changing	obj
15	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 spoke	mark
16	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 spoke	nsubj
17	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 changing	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Gran		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	delude	participle			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	change	gerund		Kai's vote	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient
4	speak speech: other	past	Grace		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	vote		Kai		nom vote «act transitive»: poss=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 is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	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	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Neither, because a class vote cannot have reasons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	9 have	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 have	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vote	det
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vote	compound
6	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 have	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 have	advmod
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	can	a class vote	reasons				neither property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient

Option 2

Gran, because a vote should never change after the first idea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 change	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 change	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 vote	det
5	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 change	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 change	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 change	advmod
8	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Gran	parataxis
9	after	after	ADP	_	12 idea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 idea	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 idea	amod
12	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	should	a vote				after the first idea		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Kai, because changing your mind for a good reason is sensible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sensible	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 sensible	mark
4	changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 sensible	csubj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mind	nmod:poss
6	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changing	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 reason	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changing	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sensible	cop
12	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Kai	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	gerund		your mind	for a good reason	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent mind=Theme for reason=Co-Theme
2	is	present	changing		sensible property	tree rules
3	mind		your			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Gran, because listening before a vote is against the rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 rules	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 listening	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	4 listening	mark
4	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Gran	acl
5	before	before	ADP	_	7 vote	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 vote	det
7	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 listening	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rules	cop
9	against	against	ADP	_	11 rules	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rules	det
11	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	gerund	Gran not said here				before a vote		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before vote=Theme
2	is	present	Gran					against the rules	tree rules

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