Test 5 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported

The morning after the 2024 election, Ava texts a crying face and Leo a party popper. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava · What happens: text, cry, be · To what, where: crying face

This is test 5 · ★ 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: The morning after the 2024 election, Ava texts a crying face and Leo a party popper.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 morning	det
2	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 texts	obl:unmarked
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 election	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 election	det
5	2024	2024	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 election	nummod
6	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 morning	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 texts	punct
8	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 texts	nsubj
9	texts	text	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 face	det
11	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 face	amod
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 texts	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Leo	cc
14	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 face	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 popper	det
16	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 popper	compound
17	popper	popper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Leo	appos
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 texts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	text	present	Ava	a crying face and Leo			morning		tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

One of them must stop being friends, because you cannot share a class with the other side

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 stop	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 One	nmod
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	aux
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 friends	cop
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 share	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 share	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 share	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 share	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 share	advmod
13	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stop	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 class	det
15	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 share	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 side	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 side	det
18	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 side	amod
19	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	must	One of them			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is a	gerund	One of them not said here	friends		tree rules
3	not share	can	you	a class	with the other side	tree rules

Option 2

Leo did not know who won

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 know	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 won	nsubj
6	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	past · do-support	Leo						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	win	past							vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Friends can feel opposite things about the same news and still be friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feel	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feel	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 news	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 news	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 news	amod
9	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 things	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 friends	cc
11	still	still	ADV	_	13 friends	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 friends	cop
13	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 news	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	Friends	opposite things				about the same news and friends	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thing=Theme about news=Location
2	is a	infinitive	Friends not said here	friends			still		tree rules

Option 4

Ava voted in the election

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 voted	nsubj
2	voted	vote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 election	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 election	det
5	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 voted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vote	past	Ava			the election			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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