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Test 8 · Debates and rows on chat shows

"Yeah nah, the host was biased, he grilled her harder" says Uncle in Brisbane (yeah nah = no). What else could explain tougher questions?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: host, he, Uncle · What happens: be, grill, say, explain · To what, where: her, tougher questions · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: "Yeah nah, the host was biased, he grilled her harder" says Uncle in Brisbane (yeah nah = no).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 nah	punct
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 nah	discourse
3	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 biased	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 nah	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 host	det
6	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 biased	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 biased	cop
8	biased	biased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 says	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grilled	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grilled	nsubj
11	grilled	grill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 biased	ccomp
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grilled	obj
13	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 grilled	xcomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 grilled	punct
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 says	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 Brisbane	case
18	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Uncle	nmod
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 nah	punct
20	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	21 nah	discourse
21	nah	nah	INTJ	_	16 Uncle	discourse
22	=	=	SYM	_	23 no	punct
23	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 nah	appos
24	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 no	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the host					biased property	tree rules
2	grill in a quote	past	he	her = she				hard property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	say speech: assert	present	Uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: What else could explain tougher questions?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 explain	obj
2	else	else	ADV	_	1 What	advmod
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 explain	aux
4	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	tougher	tough	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 questions	amod
6	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 explain	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	could		tougher questions					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Hard questions mean the host hates her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 questions	amod
2	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	nsubj
3	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 host	det
5	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hates	nsubj
6	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	ccomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Hard questions						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hate	present	the host	her = she					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2

Hosts always pick a favourite on purpose and are paid by the other side to do it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hosts	host	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pick	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 pick	advmod
3	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 favourite	det
5	favourite	favourite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pick	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pick	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 paid	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 paid	aux:pass
10	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pick	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 side	amod
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paid	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 do	mark
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 paid	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present	Hosts	a favourite		purpose		always property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favourite=Patient
2	pay	present · passive	the other side						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	do	to-infinitive	the other side not said here	favourite					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She is already in charge and has a record to explain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 charge	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 charge	cop
3	already	already	ADV	_	5 charge	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 charge	case
5	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 has	cc
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 charge	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 record	det
9	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 explain	mark
11	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 record	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			charge			tree rules
2	have	present	She not said here	a record					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Patient
3	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here	a record not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The audience writes the questions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 audience	det
2	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 writes	nsubj
3	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 questions	det
5	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 writes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	the audience	the questions					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Theme

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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