Test 10 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

"Alright my lover, so the King's in charge then?" asks a Bristol granny (alright my lover = hello, friendly). What is the right answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lover, King, right answer · What happens: ask, charge, be · To what, where: Bristol granny

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «UK elections and the prime minister, 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: "Alright my lover, so the King's in charge then?" asks a Bristol granny (alright my lover = hello, friendly).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 lover	punct
2	Alright	alright	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lover	det:predet
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lover	nmod:poss
4	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 asks	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 charge	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 charge	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 charge	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 King	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 charge	case
11	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lover	appos
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 charge	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lover	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 lover	punct
15	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 granny	det
17	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 granny	compound
18	granny	granny	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 asks	obj
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	22 lover	punct
20	alright	alright	ADP	_	22 lover	case
21	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 lover	nmod:poss
22	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 granny	appos
23	=	=	SYM	_	24 hello	punct
24	hello	hello	INTJ	_	22 lover	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 friendly	punct
26	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lover	parataxis
27	)	)	PUNCT	_	22 lover	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	my lover		a Bristol granny				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent granny=Recipient
2	charge in a quote		the King						nom charge «act transitive»: poss=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 the right answer?

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 answer	det
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the right answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, the King writes every law himself and the MPs just clap when he has finished

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 writes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 writes	nsubj
5	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 law	det
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 writes	obj
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 clap	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 MPs	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 MPs	det
11	MPs	mp	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 himself	conj
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 clap	advmod
13	clap	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 law	acl:relcl
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 finished	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 finished	nsubj
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 finished	aux
17	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 clap	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	write	present	the King	every law	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme
2	clap	present	King	every law not said here	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location law=Theme
3	finish	present · perfect	King		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the King reads the speech but the elected government decides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 reads	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reads	nsubj
5	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 speech	det
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reads	obj
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 decides	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 government	det
10	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 government	amod
11	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 decides	nsubj
12	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	read	present	the King	the speech	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Topic
2	elect	participle			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	decide	present	the elected government		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, he chooses all MPs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 chooses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chooses	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chooses	nsubj
4	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 MPs	det
6	MPs	mp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chooses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	he	all MPs					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mp=Theme

Option 4

No, the Speaker is king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 king	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Speaker	det
4	Speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 king	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 king	cop
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Speaker	king					tree rules

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