Test 3 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

«three PMs in one year, that's bare chaos innit» (bare = lots of). What happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that · What happens: be, happen · To what, where: bare chaos innit

This is test 3 · ★ 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: «three PMs in one year, that's bare chaos innit» (bare = lots of).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 PMs	punct
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 PMs	nummod
3	PMs	pm	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 year	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 year	nummod
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 PMs	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 innit	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 innit	cop
10	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	amod
11	chaos	chaos	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 innit	compound
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 PMs	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 bare	punct
15	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	amod
16	=	=	SYM	_	17 lots	punct
17	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 PMs	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	17 lots	nmod
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 lots	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 PMs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	that	bare chaos innit					tree rules

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 happened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

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

Boris Johnson stepped down, then Liz Truss, then Rishi Sunak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boris	Boris	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stepped	nsubj
2	Johnson	Johnson	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Boris	flat
3	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 stepped	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Truss	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 Truss	advmod
7	Liz	Liz	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Truss	compound
8	Truss	Truss	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stepped	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Rishi	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 Rishi	advmod
11	Rishi	Rishi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stepped	obl
12	Sunak	Sunak	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Rishi	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step down	past	Boris	Liz Truss				Rishi obl	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Three elections were held in one year, and a different party won each time

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 elections	nummod
2	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 held	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 held	aux:pass
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 year	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 won	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 won	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 party	det
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 party	amod
12	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 won	nsubj
13	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 held	conj
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · passive		Three elections			year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	win	past	a different party				time		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Three parties shared the job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 parties	nummod
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shared	nsubj
3	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 job	det
5	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	Three parties	the job					tree rules

Option 4

The King changed the rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 changed	nsubj
3	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 changed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	the King	the rules					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient

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