Test 1 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported

«y'all, why they counting states not people, that's delulu» (delulu = believing something not real). What is the real reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, real reason · What happens: count, state, believe, be · To what, where: people, something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 16 «US elections and the president, as reported» 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: «y'all, why they counting states not people, that's delulu» (delulu = believing something not real).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 why	punct
2	y'all	y'all	ADV	_	4 why	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 y'all	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 states	nsubj
6	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 states	amod
7	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 why	nsubj
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 people	advmod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 states	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 delulu	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 delulu	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 delulu	cop
13	delulu	delulu	X	Foreign=Yes	7 states	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 delulu	punct
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 delulu	punct
16	delulu	delulu	X	Foreign=Yes	13 delulu	conj
17	=	=	SYM	_	18 believing	punct
18	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 states	parataxis
19	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 believing	obj
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 real	advmod
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 something	amod
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 believing	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	count in a quote	gerund				vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	state speech: other in a quote		they	people	delulu nmod	tree rules
3	believe	gerund		something		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus

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 real reason?

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 reason	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	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 real reason						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Counting people is against the law in America, so only states can be counted

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 law	csubj
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Counting	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing 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
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 America	case
8	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 law	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 counted	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 counted	advmod
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 states	advmod
12	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 counted	nsubj:pass
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 counted	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 counted	aux:pass
15	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 law	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	count	gerund		people			vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
2	is	present	Counting		America	against the law	tree rules
3	count	can · passive		states			vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The president is chosen by state electors, not by adding up all votes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 president	det
2	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chosen	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 chosen	aux:pass
4	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 electors	case
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 electors	compound
7	electors	elector	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chosen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 adding	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 adding	advmod
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 adding	mark
11	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 chosen	advcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 adding	compound:prt
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 votes	det
14	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 adding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present · passive	state electors	the president					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	not add up speech: assert	gerund	state electors not said here	all votes					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient

Option 3

People do not vote in America

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 vote	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 vote	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 vote	advmod
4	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 America	case
6	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 vote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not vote	present · do-support	People			America			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The map is just for fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 map	det
2	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fun	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fun	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 fun	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 fun	case
6	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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