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Test 7 · Debates and rows on chat shows

In a cartoon, the empty podium wins the debate because nobody argued with it. What is the real point of an empty chair?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: empty podium, nobody, real point · What happens: win, argue, be, point · To what, where: debate, cartoon, empty chair

This is test 7 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: In a cartoon, the empty podium wins the debate because nobody argued with it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wins	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 podium	det
6	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 podium	amod
7	podium	podium	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wins	nsubj
8	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 debate	det
10	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wins	obj
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 argued	mark
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 argued	nsubj
13	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wins	advcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 argued	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 wins	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present	the empty podium	the debate		a cartoon			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debate=Eventuality
2	argue speech: disagree	past	nobody					with podium	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with it=Co-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: What is the real point of an empty chair?

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 point	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 point	amod
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 chair	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 chair	det
8	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chair	amod
9	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 point	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the real point of a empty chair						tree rules
2	point			a empty chair					nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It shows a leader said no, and people ask why

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 leader	det
4	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	parataxis
6	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 said	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ask	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ask	cc
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ask	nsubj
10	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	parataxis
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	a leader						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	present	people						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Empty podiums get extra points

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 podiums	amod
2	podiums	podium	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 points	amod
5	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Empty podiums	extra points					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer point=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Channels must cancel the debate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Channels	channel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cancel	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cancel	aux
3	cancel	cancel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 debate	det
5	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cancel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	must	Channels	the debate					tree rules

Option 4

It means the leader won already

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 leader	det
4	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 won	nsubj
5	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	already	already	ADV	_	5 won	advmod

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

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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