Test 10 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics
«my family's got a no news at dinner rule, are we hiding from the world??» What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, we · What happens: get, hide, be · To what, where: no news, dinner rule, world
This is test 10 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» 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: «my family's got a no news at dinner rule, are we hiding from the world??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 family | nmod:poss |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 news | det |
| 7 | no | no | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 news | compound |
| 8 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 rule | case |
| 10 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rule | compound |
| 11 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 news | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hiding | punct |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 hiding | aux |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 hiding | nsubj |
| 15 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 got | advcl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 world | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 world | det |
| 18 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hiding | obl |
| 19 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | my family | a no news | dinner rule | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent news=Theme at rule=Asset | |||
| 2 | hide in a quote | present · progressive | we | the world | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from world=Beneficiary |
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 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
No, because news is always fake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 fake | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fake | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 fake | mark |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fake | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fake | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 fake | advmod |
| 7 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | news | always, fake property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No; turning the news off for a while is resting, not running away
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 11 resting | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 resting | csubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 news | det |
| 5 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turning | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 turning | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 while | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 while | det |
| 9 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turning | obl |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 resting | aux |
| 11 | resting | rest | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 running | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 running | advmod |
| 14 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 resting | conj |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 running | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | gerund | the news | while | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent news=Patient | ||||
| 2 | rest | present · progressive | turning | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not run away | gerund | turning not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, it is against the law to switch off the news when something big is happening
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 law | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 law | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 law | cop |
| 5 | against | against | ADP | _ | 7 law | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 law | det |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 switch | mark |
| 9 | switch | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 law | acl |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 switch | compound:prt |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 news | det |
| 12 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 switch | obj |
| 13 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 happening | advmod |
| 14 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 17 happening | nsubj |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 something | amod |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 happening | aux |
| 17 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 switch | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | against the law | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | switch off | to-infinitive | the news | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Patient | |||||
| 3 | happen | present · progressive | something | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, they will never know anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | future | they | anything | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
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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