Test 4 · ★ · UK elections and the prime minister, as reported

"Howay man, seven weeks as PM? That cannot be right!" says a Geordie uncle (howay = come on). What does the record show about Liz Truss?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: That, record · What happens: not be, say, come on, show · To what, where: Geordie uncle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: "Howay man, seven weeks as PM?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 man	punct
2	Howay	Howay	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 man	compound
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 weeks	punct
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 weeks	nummod
6	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 man	conj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 PM	case
8	PM	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weeks	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 man	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: That cannot be right!" says a Geordie uncle (howay = come on).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 right	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 right	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 right	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 right	cop
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	ccomp
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 right	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 uncle	det
10	Geordie	Geordie	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 uncle	compound
11	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obj
12	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 howay	punct
13	howay	howay	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 uncle	appos
14	=	=	SYM	_	15 come	punct
15	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 howay	appos
16	on	on	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 howay	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	can	That		right property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present		a Geordie uncle		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent uncle=Topic
3	come on in a quote	infinitive				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What does the record show about Liz Truss?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 record	det
4	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	nsubj
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 Truss	case
7	Liz	Liz	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Truss	compound
8	Truss	Truss	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 show	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	the record					about Liz Truss	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about truss=Topic

The options

Option 1

She stayed ten years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 years	nummod
4	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stayed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	She				year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She resigned after about 50 days, the shortest of any UK prime minister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resigned	nsubj
2	resigned	resign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 days	case
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 50	advmod
5	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 resigned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shortest	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shortest	det
9	shortest	short	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 resigned	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 minister	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 minister	det
12	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 minister	compound
13	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 minister	amod
14	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shortest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resign	past	She				day		vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She never became prime minister, as she lost the vote of her own party's members to Sunak

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 became	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 became	advmod
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	prime	prime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 minister	amod
5	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lost	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
9	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vote	det
11	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 members	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 party	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 party	amod
15	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 members	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 party	case
17	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 vote	nmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Sunak	case
19	Sunak	Sunak	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not become	past	She	prime minister		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	lose	past	she	the vote of her own party's members	Sunak	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Eventuality
3	vote			her own party's members		nom vote «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

She was removed by the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 removed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 removed	aux:pass
3	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 King	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive	the King	She					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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