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Test 11 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

Some people say mocking leaders is a proud tradition of free countries. What do others worry about?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people, mocking, others · What happens: say, mock, be, worry · To what, where: leaders, proud tradition · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 13 «Memes, clips and jokes about politicians» 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: Some people say mocking leaders is a proud tradition of free countries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tradition	csubj
5	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mocking	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tradition	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tradition	det
8	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tradition	amod
9	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 say	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 countries	case
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 countries	amod
12	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tradition	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	some people						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	mock	gerund		leaders					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme
3	is a	present	mocking	a proud tradition				of free countries	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 do others worry about?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 worry	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worry	aux
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 worry	nsubj
4	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	4 worry	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	present · do-support	others						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Constant mocking makes people stop respecting the job, not just the person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mocking	amod
2	mocking	mocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makes	obj
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makes	xcomp
6	respecting	respect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 job	det
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 respecting	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 person	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 person	advmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 person	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 person	det
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Constant mocking	people					tree rules
2	stop	infinitive	people not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	respect	gerund	people not said here	the job					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus

Option 2

Mocking is never allowed anywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mocking	mocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 allowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Mocking				anywhere property	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 3

Jokes make leaders too powerful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 powerful	advmod
5	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Jokes	leaders				powerful property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset leader=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Comedians are secretly paid by the leaders they mock, so the jokes are all adverts

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Comedians	comedian	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux:pass
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 paid	advmod
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 leaders	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leaders	det
7	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 paid	obl
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 mock	nsubj
9	mock	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 leaders	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 adverts	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 adverts	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jokes	det
13	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 adverts	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 adverts	cop
15	all	all	ADV	_	16 adverts	advmod
16	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 paid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive	the leaders	Comedians				secretly property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	mock	present	Comedians = comedian	the leaders not said here					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme
3	is a	present	the jokes	adverts				all property	tree rules

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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