Test 3 · Debates and rows on chat shows

A Leeds lad says: "audience were well mardy, booed her proper" (mardy = grumpy). Does the booing show her answer was wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leeds lad, audience, booing show, lad · What happens: say, be, boo, answer · To what, where: proper · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: A Leeds lad says: "audience were well mardy, booed her proper" (mardy = grumpy).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lad	det
2	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lad	compound
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 mardy	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 mardy	punct
7	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mardy	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mardy	cop
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 mardy	advmod
10	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 booed	punct
12	booed	boo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mardy	conj
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 proper	nmod:poss
14	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 booed	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 booed	punct
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 mardy	punct
17	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
18	=	=	SYM	_	19 grumpy	case
19	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 mardy	obl
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 mardy	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Leeds lad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	audience		mardy, well property	tree rules
3	boo in a quote	past	audience not said here	lad's proper		tree rules

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: Does the booing show her answer was wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 show	det
3	booing	boo	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 show	amod
4	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrong	nsubj
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 answer	nmod:poss
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrong	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	cop
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	boo	gerund			tree rules
2	is	present · do-support	the booing show	wrong property	tree rules
3	answer		lad		nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, booing proves an answer is false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 proves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	booing	booing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proves	nsubj
4	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 answer	det
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 false	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 false	cop
8	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proves	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	booing						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a answer					false property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it shows what the room felt, not whether the answer was true

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 shows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 felt	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 felt	nsubj
8	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shows	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 true	advmod
11	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	15 true	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 answer	det
13	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 true	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 true	cop
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shows	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	show	present	it		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feel	past	the room		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
3	not is	past	the answer	true property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, the audience checks every fact on their phones before they decide to boo

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 checks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 audience	det
4	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 checks	nsubj
5	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 fact	det
7	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 checks	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 phones	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 phones	nmod:poss
10	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fact	nmod
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 decide	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 decide	nsubj
13	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 checks	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 boo	mark
15	boo	boo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 decide	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	check	present	the audience	every fact	their phones	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
2	decide	present	phones = phone			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	boo not said to happen	to-infinitive	phones = phone not said here			tree rules

Option 4

No, booing means she won

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	booing	booing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 won	nsubj
6	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	booing						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	past	booing						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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