Test 2 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported

Ruby: "That's like losing a game you scored more in!" What is a fair reply about 2016?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, you · What happens: lose, score, be · To what, where: game, more, fair reply

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Ruby: "That's like losing a game you scored more in!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 losing	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 losing	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 losing	punct
4	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 losing	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 losing	aux
6	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 losing	mark
7	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 losing	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 scored	nsubj
11	scored	score	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 game	acl:relcl
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 scored	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	12 more	obl
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 losing	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 losing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	present · progressive	Ruby	a game					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality
2	score in a quote	past	you	more					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme

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 a fair reply about 2016?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reply	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reply	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 2016	case
7	2016	2016	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 reply	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reply	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a fair reply				about 2016	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The rules counted states, and both sides knew them before the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 knew	nsubj
3	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 states	amod
4	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rules	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knew	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 knew	cc
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 sides	det
8	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knew	obj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 game	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 game	det
13	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	participle							vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	know	past	the rules counted states	sides = side			before the game		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

Trump got fewer electors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trump	trump	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 electors	amod
4	electors	elector	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Trump	fewer electors					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer elector=Stimulus

Option 3

Clinton actually got fewer votes, so she lost fair and square on both counts

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clinton	Clinton	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
2	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 votes	amod
5	votes	vote	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lost	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 lost	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
9	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lost	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 square	cc
12	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fair	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 counts	case
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 counts	det
15	counts	count	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Clinton	fewer votes				actually property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vote=Stimulus
2	lose	past	Clinton			both counts		fair property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Votes were never 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	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 counted	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 counted	advmod
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	not count	past · passive		Votes					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported/t2/