Test 2 · Memes, clips and jokes about politicians

"Och, aye, it's only a wee joke about his belly" says a lad in Glasgow (aye = yes, wee = small). What is the problem?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, wee joke, problem · What happens: be, say · To what, where: wee joke, lad, Glasgow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: "Och, aye, it's only a wee joke about his belly" says a lad in Glasgow (aye = yes, wee = small).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 joke	punct
2	Och	och	INTJ	_	11 joke	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Och	punct
4	aye	aye	INTJ	_	11 joke	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 aye	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 joke	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 joke	cop
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 joke	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 joke	det
10	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 joke	amod
11	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	nsubj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 belly	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 belly	nmod:poss
14	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 joke	nmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 joke	punct
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lad	det
18	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 Glasgow	case
20	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 lad	nmod
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 aye	punct
22	aye	aye	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lad	appos
23	=	=	SYM	_	24 yes	punct
24	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	22 aye	discourse
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 wee	punct
26	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 aye	conj
27	=	=	SYM	_	28 small	punct
28	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 wee	conj
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 aye	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	a wee joke				about joke's belly	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	a wee joke	a lad		Glasgow			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent lad=Theme in glasgow=Manner

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 problem?

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	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the problem						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing, body jokes are about his work, because a politician's belly shows how hard he works

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 work	punct
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jokes	compound
4	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 work	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 work	cop
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 work	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 work	nmod:poss
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shows	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 shows	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 politician	det
12	politician	politician	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 belly	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 politician	case
14	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shows	nsubj
15	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis
16	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 hard	advmod
17	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 works	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 works	nsubj
19	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	body jokes	about his work	tree rules
2	show	present	a politician's belly		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	work	present	belly	hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is not a joke, it is a fact

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	5 joke	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 joke	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fact	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fact	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fact	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fact	det
10	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	a joke and a fact					tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a fact					tree rules

Option 3

Belly jokes are against the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jokes	compound
2	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 law	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 law	cop
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 law	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Belly jokes					against the law	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Jokes about looks say nothing about his work and can hurt others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	nsubj
2	about	about	ADP	_	3 looks	case
3	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Jokes	nmod
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 say	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 work	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 work	nmod:poss
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nothing	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hurt	cc
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	conj
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Jokes about looks	nothing	about his work	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	hurt	can	Jokes about looks not said here	others		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Patient
3	work		his = he			nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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