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Test 4 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics

Uncle says "This country is finished!" after an election. What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle, best reply · What happens: say, finish, be · To what, where: country · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: Uncle says "This country is finished!" after an election.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 finished	punct
4	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 country	det
5	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finished	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 finished	aux:pass
7	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 finished	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 finished	punct
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 election	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 election	det
12	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finished	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	finish in a quote	present · passive		this country			after a election		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

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 best reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Only uncles can tell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 uncles	advmod
2	uncles	uncle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	can	uncles						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Big feelings use big words; there will be another election in a few years

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feelings	amod
2	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 words	amod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 be	punct
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 be	expl
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 be	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 election	cop
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 election	det
11	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 years	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 years	det
14	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 years	amod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Big feelings	big words			year		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
2	is a	infinitive		another election					tree rules

Option 3

Elections stop forever after one result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stop	nsubj
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 stop	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 result	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 result	nummod
6	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Elections				after one result	forever property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He must be right, countries always end after an election that your side has lost

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 right	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 right	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 end	punct
6	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 end	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 end	advmod
8	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	conj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 election	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 election	det
11	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	obl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 lost	nsubj:pass
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 side	nmod:poss
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lost	nsubj:pass
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lost	aux
16	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 election	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	He					right property	tree rules
2	end	present	countries				after a election	always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	lose	present · perfect · passive		a election					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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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