Test 3 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported

Grandad says 2020 was "stolen"; the teacher says it was checked many times. What did the reported checks find?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandad, teacher, reported checks · What happens: say, steal, check, report, find · To what, where: 2020, teacher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: Grandad says 2020 was "stolen"; the teacher says it was checked many times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	2020	2020	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 stolen	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stolen	aux:pass
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 stolen	punct
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 stolen	punct
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 checked	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 checked	aux:pass
14	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 says	ccomp
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 times	amod
16	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 checked	obl:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	steal in a quote	past · passive		2020		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	the teacher			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	check	past · passive		teacher	time	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 did the reported checks find?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 find	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 find	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 checks	det
4	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 checks	amod
5	checks	check	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	nsubj
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	participle							vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	find	past · do-support	the reported checks						vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

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

Recounts, audits and court cases did not find fraud big enough to change the result

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recounts	recount	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 find	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 audits	punct
3	audits	audit	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Recounts	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cases	cc
5	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cases	compound
6	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Recounts	conj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 find	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 find	advmod
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 find	xcomp
12	enough	enough	ADV	_	11 big	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 change	mark
14	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 big	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 result	det
16	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	past · do-support	Recounts and audits and court cases	fraud				big property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fraud=Topic
2	change	to-infinitive	Recounts and audits and court cases not said here	the result					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Patient

Option 2

Congress refused to confirm it, so the old president stayed on for another four years

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Congress	Congress	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 confirm	mark
4	confirm	confirm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 confirm	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stayed	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 stayed	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 president	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 president	amod
10	president	president	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stayed	nsubj
11	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	11 stayed	compound:prt
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 years	case
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 years	det
15	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 years	nummod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	refuse	past	Congress			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not confirm	to-infinitive	Congress not said here	it		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Topic
3	stay on	past	the old president		year	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Courts found the result was wrong and swapped it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 result	det
4	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrong	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	cop
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swapped	cc
8	swapped	swap	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 found	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 swapped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find	past	Courts			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the result		wrong property	tree rules
3	swap	past	Courts not said here	result		vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

No checks were ever done

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 checks	det
2	checks	check	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 done	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux:pass
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 done	advmod
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · passive		no checks			ever		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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