Test 8 · ★ · US elections and the president, as reported
Dylan sees a donkey sticker on a car and an elephant on his uncle's cap. What do they show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dylan, sticker · What happens: see, show · To what, where: donkey sticker, car
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Dylan sees a donkey sticker on a car and an elephant on his uncle's cap.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan | Dylan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | nsubj |
| 2 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sticker | det |
| 4 | donkey | donkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sticker | compound |
| 5 | sticker | sticker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 car | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 car | det |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sticker | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 elephant | cc |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 elephant | det |
| 11 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sticker | conj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 cap | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 14 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cap | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 uncle | case |
| 16 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sees | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Dylan | a donkey sticker and a elephant | a car | on Dylan's uncle's cap | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sticker=Stimulus |
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 do they show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | sticker | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Which state they live in, since each state has its own animal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 state | det |
| 2 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 has | nsubj |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 state | acl:relcl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 live | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 has | punct |
| 7 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 10 has | mark |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 state | det |
| 9 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 has | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 animal | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 animal | amod |
| 13 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live in | present | they | which state not said here | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme state=Location | ||||
| 2 | have | present | which state | state's own animal | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Which of the two big parties each one supports
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 parties | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 parties | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parties | det |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 parties | nummod |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 parties | amod |
| 6 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 supports | nsubj |
| 9 | supports | support | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 parties | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | support | present | each one | the two big parties not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer party=Stimulus |
Option 3
Their favourite zoo animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 animals | nmod:poss |
| 2 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 animals | amod |
| 3 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 animals | compound |
| 4 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
That they work on a farm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 work | nsubj |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 farm | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 farm | det |
| 6 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 work | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | That | on a farm | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=Theme |
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