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Test 4 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported

In class a boy calls 6 January "a protest" and a girl calls it "a riot". What is the best way to think about it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, girl, best way · What happens: call, be, think · To what, where: protest, class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: In class a boy calls 6 January "a protest" and a girl calls it "a riot".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 class	case
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	obl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	nsubj
5	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 January	nummod
7	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 calls	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 January	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 protest	det
10	protest	protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	xcomp
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 protest	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 calls	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 girl	det
14	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 calls	nsubj
15	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calls	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 calls	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 riot	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 riot	det
19	riot	riot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 calls	xcomp
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 riot	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	a boy	a protest		class	january		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	present	a girl	protest					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

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 way to think about it?

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 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 think	mark
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 think	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive	the best way not said here					about way	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

One word is banned, so ignore it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 word	nummod
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 banned	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 banned	aux:pass
4	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ignore	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 ignore	advmod
7	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 banned	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ignore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		One word					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	ignore	infinitive		word					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Only the girl may speak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 girl	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speak	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 speak	aux
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	may	the girl						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Both words mean exactly the same thing, so it does not matter which one you use

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	nsubj
3	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 thing	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 matter	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 matter	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 matter	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 matter	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 matter	advmod
13	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mean	parataxis
14	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 matter	obj
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 use	nsubj
17	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	both words	the same thing					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	not matter	present · do-support	it	which one					tree rules
3	use	present	you	which one not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ask what each word claims, and look at what was reported

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 claims	obj
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 word	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 claims	nsubj
5	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 look	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 look	cc
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 what	case
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 look	obl
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 reported	aux:pass
12	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	claim speech: other	present	each word						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	look	infinitive	you not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at what=Theme
4	report	past · passive							vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»

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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