Test 9 · Adverts, slogans and polls

Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!" (wicked = very, in New England). The news reader says far fewer. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Unc, news reader · What happens: be, say · To what, where: 100,000, fewer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: Unc is wicked sure: "crowd was 100,000, easy!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unc	Unc	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sure	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	cop
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sure	amod
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 crowd	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 crowd	punct
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sure	ccomp
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 100,000	cop
9	100,000	100000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 crowd	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 easy	punct
11	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crowd	conj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 crowd	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 crowd	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Unc					sure property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	past		100,000					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: (wicked = very, in New England).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 wicked	punct
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 very	punct
4	very	very	ADV	_	2 wicked	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 England	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 England	case
7	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 England	flat
8	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wicked	conj
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 wicked	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wicked	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: The news reader says far fewer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reader	det
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reader	compound
3	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 fewer	advmod
6	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 says	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the news reader	fewer					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent few=Topic

Sentence 4: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The biggest number said is always right, because the people who were there saw it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
2	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 number	amod
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 right	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 number	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 right	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 right	advmod
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 saw	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 saw	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 people	det
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 saw	nsubj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 were	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 people	acl:relcl
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 were	advmod
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 right	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the biggest number not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the biggest number		always, right property	tree rules
3	see	past	the people	number		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

The news reader counted each person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reader	det
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reader	compound
3	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	nsubj
4	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	participle	the news reader	each person					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme

Option 3

Crowds are measured by the loudest chant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crowds	crowd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 measured	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 measured	aux:pass
3	measured	measure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 chant	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chant	det
6	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 chant	amod
7	chant	chant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 measured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present · passive	the loudest chant	Crowds					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme subject=Value

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Crowd sizes are hard to count and often argued about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sizes	compound
2	sizes	size	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hard	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hard	cop
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 count	mark
6	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hard	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 argued	cc
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 argued	advmod
9	argued	argue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hard	conj
10	about	about	ADV	_	9 argued	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Crowd sizes	hard property	tree rules
2	count	to-infinitive	Crowd sizes not said here		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	argue speech: disagree	participle	Crowd sizes not said here	about, often property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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