Test 11 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported

On TV a man puts his hand on a Bible and repeats words after a judge. What is happening?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: put, repeat, happen · To what, where: hand, TV, words

This is test 11 · ★ 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: On TV a man puts his hand on a Bible and repeats words after a judge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	2 TV	case
2	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 puts	obl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 puts	nsubj
5	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 puts	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 Bible	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Bible	det
10	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 puts	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 repeats	cc
12	repeats	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 puts	conj
13	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 repeats	obj
14	after	after	ADP	_	16 judge	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 judge	det
16	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 repeats	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 puts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present	a man	man's hand		TV		on a Bible	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on tv=Destination
2	repeat	present	a man not said here	words			after a judge		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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 happening?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happening	aux
3	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · progressive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A court case is starting, and the man is promising to tell the whole truth

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 case	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 case	compound
3	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 starting	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 starting	aux
5	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 promising	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 promising	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 promising	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 promising	aux
11	promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 starting	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 tell	mark
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 promising	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 truth	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 truth	amod
16	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	start	present · progressive	a court case		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	promise speech: promise	present · progressive	the man		vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	the man not said here	the whole truth	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 2

Votes are being counted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 counted	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 counted	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 counted	aux:pass
4	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present · passive		Votes					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A new president is taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 president	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 president	amod
3	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taking	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 taking	aux
5	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oath	det
7	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taking	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 office	case
9	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oath	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 Day	case
11	Inauguration	Inauguration	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Day	compound
12	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 taking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · progressive	a new president	the oath of office			on Inauguration Day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent oath=Theme on day=Destination

Option 4

A party is choosing a leader

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choosing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 choosing	aux
4	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 leader	det
6	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choosing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present · progressive	a party	a leader					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme

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