Test 1 · Debates and rows on chat shows

«she DESTROYED him last night, no cap, she won» says a radio host (no cap = no lie). What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, radio host, best reply · What happens: destroy, win, say, be · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» 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: «she DESTROYED him last night, no cap, she won» says a radio host (no cap = no lie).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 DESTROYED	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 DESTROYED	nsubj
3	DESTROYED	destroy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 says	ccomp
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 DESTROYED	obj
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 night	amod
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 DESTROYED	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cap	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 cap	det
9	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 night	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 won	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 won	nsubj
12	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 DESTROYED	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 host	det
16	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 host	compound
17	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	obj
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	20 cap	punct
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 cap	det
20	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 host	appos
21	=	=	SYM	_	23 lie	punct
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 lie	det
23	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cap	conj
24	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 cap	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	destroy in a quote	past	she	him = he	night	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	win in a quote	past	she			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	a radio host			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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 reply?

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 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

No, the moderator always wins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 wins	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moderator	det
4	moderator	moderator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wins	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 wins	advmod
6	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	the moderator					always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

True, debates are scored by referees with a points card, just like boxing matches

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 debates	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	debates	debate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scored	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scored	aux:pass
5	scored	score	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 referees	case
7	referees	referee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scored	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 card	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 card	det
10	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 card	compound
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scored	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 matches	punct
13	just	just	ADV	_	16 matches	advmod
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 matches	case
15	boxing	boxing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 matches	compound
16	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scored	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	score	present · passive	referees	True debates				with a points card	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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

Won what? There is no official score, and fans judge by the side they like

Sentence 1: Won what?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 Won	obj
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past							vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Sentence 2: There is no official score, and fans judge by the side they like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 score	det
4	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 score	amod
5	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 judge	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 judge	cc
8	fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 judge	nsubj
9	judge	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 is	parataxis
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 side	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 side	det
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 judge	obl
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 like	nsubj
14	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 side	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present	no official score		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	judge	present	fans			by the side	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
3	like	present	fans = fan	the side not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot side=Theme

Option 4

True, a radio host decides who won

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decides	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 host	det
4	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 host	compound
5	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 decides	nsubj
6	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 won	nsubj
8	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 decides	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	a radio host						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	past							vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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