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Test 10 · Debates and rows on chat shows

"Shut up, that's a stupid idea" a boy shouts in the class debate. Why does he get no points?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, boy · What happens: shut up, be, shout, get · To what, where: stupid idea, class debate, points · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 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: "Shut up, that's a stupid idea" a boy shouts in the class debate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Shut	punct
2	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 idea	advcl
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 Shut	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 idea	punct
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 idea	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 idea	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 idea	det
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 idea	amod
9	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouts	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 shouts	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouts	nsubj
13	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 debate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 debate	det
16	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 debate	compound
17	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shouts	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 shouts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	participle	that not said here						vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	that	a stupid idea					tree rules
3	shout speech: express	present	a boy			the class debate			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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: Why does he get no points?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 points	det
6	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · do-support	boy	no points					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer point=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He used a rebuttal

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	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rebuttal	det
4	rebuttal	rebuttal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	He	a rebuttal					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rebuttal=Patient

Option 2

He agreed with the teacher

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	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He					with the teacher	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with teacher=Co-Agent

Option 3

He spoke too quietly

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	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 quietly	advmod
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He					quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Calling an idea stupid is not a reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 reason	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 idea	det
3	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Calling	xcomp
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 reason	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		a idea				stupid property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent idea=Recipient
2	not is a	present	Calling	a reason					tree rules

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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