Test 7 · Adverts, slogans and polls

"Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbish). What is fair to say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Polls · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 12 «Adverts, slogans and polls» 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: "Polls were well off last time, so this one's pants" (pants = rubbish).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Polls	punct
2	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 off	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 off	cop
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 off	advmod
5	off	off	ADV	_	root	root
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 off	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pants	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 pants	advmod
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pants	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	pants	pants	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 off	conj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 pants	punct
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 pants	punct
16	pants	pants	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 pants	appos
17	=	=	SYM	_	18 rubbish	punct
18	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pants	conj
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 pants	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 off	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Polls				time	off, well property	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: What is fair to say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fair	csubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Polls are a snapshot of today and can miss, but are usually a fair guess

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 snapshot	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 snapshot	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 snapshot	det
4	snapshot	snapshot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 today	case
6	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapshot	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 miss	cc
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 miss	aux
9	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 snapshot	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 guess	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 guess	cc
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 guess	cop
13	usually	usually	ADV	_	16 guess	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 guess	det
15	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 guess	amod
16	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapshot	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Polls	a snapshot but a fair guess	today		tree rules
2	miss	can	Polls not said here				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	Polls not said here	a fair guess		usually property	tree rules

Option 2

Polls decide the election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 decide	nsubj
2	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 election	det
4	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	Polls	the election					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent election=Topic

Option 3

Polls are never close to the result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 close	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 close	cop
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 close	advmod
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 result	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 result	det
7	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Polls					to the result; close property	tree rules

Option 4

Polls are always exactly right, so last time the voters must have changed their minds on purpose

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polls	poll	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 right	advmod
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 right	advmod
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 changed	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	14 changed	advmod
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 changed	nsubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 voters	det
11	voters	voter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 time	conj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 changed	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 changed	aux
14	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 right	conj
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 minds	nmod:poss
16	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 changed	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 purpose	case
18	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Polls			always, exactly, right property	tree rules
2	change	must · perfect	last time and the voters	Polls's minds	purpose		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
3	mind		Polls = poll				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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